Grossglockner
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Summary
Grossglockner is a mountain[1]. Grossglockner ranks in the top 1% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,849 views/month, #133 of 13,313).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Heiligenblut[3], Kals am Großglockner[4]
- Country: Austria[5]
- Commons category: Großglockner[6]
- Significant event: first ascent[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Großglockner[8]
- Commons gallery: Großglockner[9]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Meyer’s Universum, Zwölfter Band[12]
- Native label: Großglockner[13]
- Different from: Grossglockner High Alpine Road[14]
- Elevation above sea level: 3798 m[15]
- Topographic isolation: 175 km[16]
- Topographic prominence: 2428 m[17]
- Located in protected area: Hohe Tauern National Park[18]
- Parent peak: Ortler[19], Mont Blanc[20]
- Mountain range: Glockner Group[21]
- Key col: Brenner Pass[22]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Grossglockner include Grossglockner High Alpine Road[23], a mountain road[24], in Austria[25], founded in 1935[26] and Kals am Großglockner[27], a rural municipality of Austria[28], in Austria[29].
Why It Matters
Grossglockner has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Grossglockner is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]
Entities named for Grossglockner include Grossglockner High Alpine Road[23], a mountain road[24], in Austria[25], founded in 1935[26] and Kals am Großglockner[27], a rural municipality of Austria[28], in Austria[29].