List of mountains in Austria
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This page shows the highest mountains in Austria as well as the highest mountains in each mountain range and in each of the
Austrian states Austria is a federal republic made up of nine States (German: ''Länder''). Since ''Land'' is also the German word for "country", the term (literally ''federal states'') is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitution of Austria uses ...
. The heights are given in
metres above the Adriatic Metres above the Adriatic ( it, Metri sopra l'Adriatico, german: Meter über Adria, Serbo-Croatian: ''Metara iznad Jadrana'') is the vertical datum used in Austria, in the former Yugoslavian states of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, ...
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Highest mountains in Austria

This table lists about 150 Austrian summits above 3150 m with a topographic prominence of at least 150 m and nine peaks of note with a slightly lower re-ascent. Only those mountains with a prominence of 150 m or more are ranked.


Highest mountain of each range

The ranges correspond to those listed for Austria in the AVE. (→ see diagram) If the highest mountain in a range is not within Austrian national territory it is not shown in the list. (e.g.:
Piz Linard Piz Linard is a pyramid-shaped mountain of the Swiss Alps. At 3,410 m it is the highest peak of the Silvretta mountain range. It was first climbed on August 1, 1835, by the geologist and naturalist Oswald Heer led by Johann Madutz. There i ...
(3,411m), highest mountain in the
Silvretta The Silvretta Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps shared by Tirol, Vorarlberg (both in Austria) and Graubünden (Switzerland). The Austrian states of Tirol and Vorarlberg are connected by a pass road (Silvretta Hochalpenstra ...
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Highest mountain of each federal state


See also

* Mountains in the Austrian federal states: ** Mountains in the Burgenland **
Mountains of Carinthia 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 area, and is usually higher th ...
**
Mountains of Lower Austria 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 area, and is usually higher th ...
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Mountains of Upper Austria 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 area, and is usually higher th ...
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Mountains of Salzburg 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 area, and is usually higher t ...
** Mountains of the Styria ** Mountains of Tyrol **
Mountains of Vorarlberg 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 area, and is usually higher th ...
** Mountains of Vienna * Mountains **
List of mountains of the Alps above 3000 m This page tabulates only the most prominent mountains of the Alps, selected for having a topographic prominence of ''at least'' , and all of them exceeding in height. Although the list contains 537 summits, some significant alpine mountains ar ...
** List of mountains of the Alps (2500-2999 m) ** List of highest mountains of Germany * Mountain ranges ** List of mountain ranges ** List of mountain and hill ranges of Germany


Notes


Sources

* Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen
Austrian Map online
*Günter Flaig, Silvretta Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, 2005, *Walter Klier, Ötztaler Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, 2006, *Walter Klier, Stubaier Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, 2006, *Walter Klier, Zillertaler Alpen, Bergverlag Rother, 2005, *Willi End and Hubert Peterka, Venedigergruppe, Bergverlag Rother, 2006, *Willi End, Glockner- und Granatspitzgruppe, Bergverlag Rother, 2011, *Classification of Eastern Alps are according to Mathias Zehrin

at bergalbum.de. *Prominence data for the highest mountain of each range are from Eberhard Jurgalski'


External links


List of the hundred highest mountains in Austria including their subpeaksList and details of all 965 named Austrian summits of 3000 m or higher
{{List of mountains in Europe Austria Austria !Austria *
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