The Greitspitz (also spelled ''Greitspitze'') (2,871 m; also referenced as 2,872 m

Kompass Karten Kompass Karten is an Austrian map publisher based in Innsbruck, which specialises in hiking maps, and guides, digital maps, and cycling maps and guides. Its range has over 1,000 titles. History The publishers was founded in December 1953 by H ...

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) is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

of the

Samnaun Alps The Samnaun Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, named after the Swiss municipality of Samnaun. They are located at the border of the Austrian state of Tyrol and the Graubünden canton of Switzerland. The Samnaun Alps are separ ...

, located on the border between

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. It lies approximately halfway between

Samnaun Samnaun ( rm, Samignun) is a high Alpine village and a valley at the eastern end of Switzerland and a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. History The valley was first used as a seasonal ...

and Ischgl. In winter it is part of the ski area ''Silvretta Arena''.

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Greitspitz on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Graubünden Mountains of Tyrol (state) Austria–Switzerland border International mountains of Europe Mountains of Switzerland Two-thousanders of Switzerland Samnaun {{Tyrol-geo-stub