Three-thousander

#1055 among destinations in Austria

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Three-thousanders are mountains with a height of between 3,000 metres, but less than 4,000 metres above sea level. Similar terms are commonly used for mountains of other height brackets e. g. four-thousanders or eight-thousanders. In Britain, the term may refer to mountains above 3,000 feet. ()

Local name: Dreitausender Coordinates: 47°3'13"N, 13°25'55"E

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CarinthiaAustria

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Three-thousander – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hochalmspitze, Großer Sonnblick, Fallbach Waterfall, Ankogel Group.

5.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochalmspitze
150 min walk • The Hochalmspitze is located east of Mallnitz in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is sometimes called "Tauern Queen" as a counterpart to the "Tauern King", the Grossglockner.
0.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Großer Sonnblick
15 min walk • The Großer Sonnblick or Malteiner Sonnblick, a mountain with a height of 3,030 m, is a peak in the Ankogel Group of the Hohe Tauern range in Austria. It is the easternmost peak of the Alps with a prominence over 100 metres and with a height exceeding 3,000 metres.
6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Fallbach Waterfall, Malta
153 min walk • Fallbach Waterfall is a waterfall in the Maltatal valley of Austria in the Austrian Alps near Malta. It is particularly dramatic during snow-melt season. The waterfall is part of the Hohe Tauern National Park.
5.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ankogel Group
149 min walk • The Ankogel Group is a sub-group of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Goldberg Group, the Glockner Group, the Schober Group, the Kreuzeck Group, the Granatspitze Group, the Venediger Group, the Villgraten Mountains and the Rieserferner Group it forms the mountain range of the Hohe Tauern.
~400 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mittlerer Sonnblick
2 min walk • The Mittlerer Sonnblick is a 3,000 metre high sub-peak of the Großer Sonnblick to which it is linked by a knife-edge ridge. It is a border peak between the two Austrian federal states of Carinthia and Salzburg.

Three-thousander

Facts and practical information

Three-thousander – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Hochalmspitze

Großer Sonnblick

Fallbach Waterfall, Malta

Ankogel Group

Mittlerer Sonnblick