Weiße Spitze

#385 among destinations in Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Weiße Spitze, at a height of 2,962 m, is the highest peak in the Villgraten Mountains. It lies south of St. Jakob in Defereggen and east of the Austro-Italian border. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1894Prominence: 3015 ftCoordinates: 46°52'19"N, 12°21'29"E

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TyrolAustria

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Weiße Spitze – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Defereggen Valley, Rote Spitze, Gritzer See, Church of St. Veit.

3.1 miN
Valley
Defereggen Valley, St Jakob in Defereggen
80 min walk • The Defereggen Valley, or simply Defereggen, is the middle of the three East Tyrolean high mountain valleys running from east to west. Its parallel-running neighbours are the Puster Valley and the Virgen Valley. The Defereggental is linked by a road called the Defereggentalstraße.
0.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rote Spitze
19 min walk • The Rote Spitze is a mountain in Austria and, at 2,956 m, the second highest peak in the Villgraten Mountains. It lies south of St. Jakob in Defereggen and east of the Austro-Italian border. The immediate neighbour of the Rote Spitze to the east is the somewhat higher Weiße Spitze.
5.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Gritzer See
130 min walk • Gritzer See is a lake of Tyrol, Austria.
4.8 miNE
Church
Church of St. Veit, Sankt Veit in Defereggen
123 min walk • The list of listed objects in St. Veit in Defereggen contains the 6 listed immovable objects in the municipality of St. Veit in Defereggen.
3.4 miNW
46°55'1"N • 12°19'50"E
Pfarrkirche St. Jakob, St Jakob in Defereggen
86 min walk • Church
3.5 miN
46°55'6"N • 12°19'51"E
Friedhofskapelle, St Jakob in Defereggen
89 min walk • Church
3.4 miNW
46°55'1"N • 12°19'48"E
War Memorial, St Jakob in Defereggen
86 min walk • Memorial
4.4 miS
Locality
Innervillgraten
113 min walk • Innervillgraten is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol. The region is one of the most remote regions in Austria. A year-long connection to the valley was established as late as 1956.