National parks of Austria: Natural Attraction
Places and attractions in the Natural attraction category
Grossglockner
The Grossglockner, Austria's highest peak, is a majestic mountain that rises to an elevation of 3,798 meters in the heart of the National Parks of Austria. This towering giant is not only a natural landmark but also a popular destination for mountaineers, hikers,...
Kleinglockner
At the height of 3,770 metres the Kleinglockner is the third highest mountain summit in Austria. However, with a prominence of only 17 metres it is arguable whether it can be counted as an independent mountain, or just as a subpeak of the Großglockner.
Großes Wiesbachhorn
The Großes Wiesbachhorn is a mountain in the federal state of Salzburg, Austria and, at 3,564 m above sea level, is the third-highest peak of the Hohe Tauern range. Its entirely free-standing firn-capped summit forms the main peak of the Fusch/Kaprun chain and is often viewed in Alpine literature as a rival of the Großglockner.
Wangenitzsee
The Wangenitzsee is an alpine lake in Carinthia, Austria. It is located in the Schober group of Hohe Tauern National Park, and is at an altitute of 2,465 metres above sea level.
Johannisberg
The Johannisberg is a 3,453 metres high mountain in the Glockner Group of the High Tauern, a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria.
Teufelshorn
The Teufelshorn is a mountain in the Glockner Group in the Austrian Central Alps in the central part of the High Tauern. According to the literature it is 3,677 metres high, but the Austrian Federal Office for Metrology and Survey gives its height as 3,680 metres.
Fuscherkarkopf
The Fuscherkarkopf, sometimes also written Fuscher-Kar-Kopf in German and formerly also called the Fuschereiskarkopf, is one of the twin peaks of a mountain in the Glockner Group in the centre of the main mountain chain in the High Tauern, a range in the Austrian Central Alps.
Klockerin
The Klockerin, formerly also called the Glockerin or Glocknerin, is a twin-peaked mountain in the Glockner Group on the ridge of Fuscher/Kapruner Kamm in the High Tauern, a range within the Central Alps in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Its southwest top is 3,422 m high, its northeast top has a height of 3,335 m.
Großer Muntanitz
The Großer Muntanitz is the highest mountain in the Granatspitze Group, located between the Venediger Group and the Glockner Group in the High Tauern, Austria. The mountain is close to Matrei in Osttirol and Kals am Großglockner in Tyrol, and climbs usually start from either village.
Granatspitze
The Granatspitze is the mountain giving its name to the Granatspitze Group in the High Tauern, the Alpine backbone of Austria. This, despite the fact that several peaks in this group are actually higher, for example the Stubacher Sonnblick which is less than a kilometre to the north and two metres higher.
Pasterze Glacier
The Pasterze, at approximately 8.4 kilometres in length, is the longest glacier in Austria and in the Eastern Alps. It lies within the Glockner Group of the High Tauern mountain range in Carinthia, directly beneath Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner.
Glocknerwand
The Glocknerwand is a mountain in the Glockner Group in the Austrian Central Alps in the central region of the High Tauern. According to the literature it is 3,721 metres high, but the Austria Federal Office for Metrology and Survey gives its height as 3,722 metres.
Hohe Dock
The Hohe Dock lies in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg and, at 3,348 metres, is one of the highest peaks in the Glockner Group.
Hochschober
The Hochschober is the mountain that gives its name to the Schober Group in the High Tauern, although the summit is only the fourth highest in the group. This may have arisen because the north face of the mountain is an impressive sight from Kals.
Glödis
The Glödis is one of the most regularly formed summits in the Schober Group in East Tyrol, hence its sobriquet, the "Matterhorn of the Schober Group". It is an impressive sight both from the Debanttal valley and the valley of Kalser Lesachtal.
Hinterer Bratschenkopf
The Hinterer Bratschenkopf is a mountain in the Glockner Group on the Fusch-Kaprun ridge in the High Tauern, a high mountain range in the Austrian Central Alps. According to the listed sources it is 3,412 metres high, but the Austrian Federal Office for Metrology and Survey gives its height as 3,413 metres.
Petzeck
Petzeck is the highest mountain of the Schober Group in the High Tauern range, Austria. The mountain has a 1,000m high north face but its southern slope is more gentle, with lakes such as Kreuzsee and Wangenitzsee on its slopes. Its south western slope is glaciated.
Roter Knopf
The Rote Knopf is the second highest mountain in the Schober Group within the High Tauern in the Austrian Alps. It is only two metres short of the Petzeck, the highest summit in the Schober.
Racherin
The Racherin, a mountain with a height of 3,092 m, lies in the Glockner Group in the High Tauern range in Austria. The summit is located ca. 6 km, as the crow flies, northwest of Heiligenblut in the state of Carinthia.
Eiskögele
The Eiskögele is a 3,426-metre-high mountain in the Glockner Group in the western part of the main Tauern chain, a range of the Austrian Central Alps.
Großer Bärenkopf
The Große Bärenkopf or Weißer Bärenkopf is a twin-topped mountain in the Glockner Group in the Fuscher/Kapruner Kamm of the High Tauern, a range in the Austrian Central Alps. The mountain lies exactly on the border between the states of Salzburg and Carinthia.
Glockner Group
The Glockner Group is a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps in the Eastern Alps, and is located in the centre section of the High Tauern on the main chain of the Alps.
Gößnitzkopf
Gößnitzkopf is a mountain in the Schober Group of the Hohe Tauern range. It is located in Austria, along the border of East Tyrol and Carinthia. The elevation at its peak is 3,096 metres.
Schober group
The Schober group is a sub-range of the Hohe Tauern mountains in the Central Eastern Alps, on the border between the Austrian states of Tyrol and Carinthia. Most of the range is located inside Hohe Tauern national park. It is named after Mt. Hochschober, 3,242 metres, though its highest peak is Mt. Petzeck at 3,283 metres.
Western Tauern Alps
The Western Tauern Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps.
Hoher Tenn
The Hoher Tenn, formerly also called the Hochtenn, is a double-peaked mountain in the Austrian federal state of Salzburg. It has a southwest summit, called the Bergspitze with a height of 3,368 metres, and a northeast summit, the Schneespitze, which is 3,317 metres high.
Granatspitze Group
The Granatspitze Group, sometimes also the Granatspitz Group, is a sub-group of the Central Alps within the Eastern Alps.
Noric Alps
The Noric Alps is a collective term denoting various mountain ranges of the Eastern Alps. The name derives from the ancient Noricum province of the Roman Empire on the territory of present-day Austria and the adjacent Bavarian and Slovenian area.
Schleinitz
The Schleinitz is a mountain in the southern Schobergruppe in East Tyrol and dominates the Lienz Basin with its 2904 m above sea level.
Teufelskamp
Teufelskamp is a peak in the GlocknerGrup group, in high tauri in the eastern Alps. It lies on the border of two Austrian union countries: Tyrol and Carinthia.
Böses Weibl
Böses Weibl - a peak in the Schobergruppe group, in high tauri in the Eastern Alps. It lies in Austria, in Eastern Tyrol. The peak lies north of Glocknergruppe, from the top you can see Grossglockner, as well as most of the main peaks of Schobergruppe. On the northern slopes lies a small PEISCHLALESSELKEES glacier.
Debantgrat
Debantgrarat is a peak in the Schobergruppe group, in high tauri in the Eastern Alps. It lies in Austria, in Eastern Tyrol. The peak can be reached from the LIENZER Hütte and Hochschoberhütte shelters. He is adjacent to the peaks ...
Grauer Schimmel
Grauer Schimme - a peak in the Granatspitzgruppe group, in high tauri in the eastern Alps. It lies in Austria, in Eastern Tyrol. Nearby there are, among others, Muntanitz and Luckenkogel. First entry, June 29, 1927, they were made by R. Gerin, G. Hecht, R. Szalay.
Tauernkogel
The Tauernkogel is a 2683 m above sea level mountain in the Granatspitzgruppe of the Hohe Tauern in Austria. The peak is located exactly on the border line between East Tyrol and Salzburg not far from the Kalser Tauern, a transition between the...
Südliche Talleitenspitze
Talleitenspitze - a peak in the Schobergruppe group, in high tauri in the Eastern Alps. It lies in Austria, on the border of Eastern Tyrol and Carinthia. The mountain has two peaks: northern, lower - Nördliche Talleitenspitze and southern, higher - Südliche Talleitenspitze.
Brennkogel
Brennkogel is a 3018 m above sea level mountain in the Glockner group of the Hohe Tauern in Austria. The peak is located in the main ridge of the Alps, exactly on the border line between Carinthia and Salzburg, about 2.5 km as the crow flies...
Keeskopf
Keeskopf - a peak in Schobergrup, a subgroup of high Taurów in the Eastern Alps. It lies in Austria, on the border of Carinthia and Tyrol. It is one of the peaks of the ridge separating the Debanttal and Gradentall Valley.
Romariswandköpfe
Romariswandköpfe - a peak in the GlocknerGruppe group, in high tauri in the eastern Alps. It lies on the border of two Austrian union countries: Tyrol and Carinthia.
Schneewinkelkopf
Schneewinkelkopf is the peak in the GlocknerGruppe group, in high tauri in the eastern Alps. It lies on the border of two Austrian union countries: Tyrol and Carinthia.
Hohe Riffl
Hohe Riffl is a peak in the GlocknerGrup group, in high tauri in the eastern Alps. It lies in Austria in the union country of Salzburg. This peak is adjacent to Oberer Ödenwinkelscharte and Riffltor.
Glockenkogel
The Glockenkogel is a 2828 m above sea level mountain peak in the main Alpine ridge of the Granatspitzgruppe in the north of East Tyrol. In addition to the main peak, there is also the 2679 m a.s.l. western peak.
Teufelsspitz
The Teufelspitze, also Teufelspitz, is a 2813 m above sea level mountain peak in the main Tauern ridge of the Granatspitzgruppe in the north of East Tyrol and southeast of Salzburg, respectively. The first ascent was made on July 21, 1926 by W.
Vordere Kendlspitze
Kendlspitze is the peak in the Granatspitzgruppe group, in high tauri in the eastern Alps. It lies in Austria, in Eastern Tyrol. In the past, this peak was called by local Sunzkogl.
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