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Alps
Alps great mountain system of S central Europe, c.500 mi (800 km) long and c.100 mi (160 km) wide, curving in a great arc from the Riviera coast on the Mediterranean Sea, along the borders of N Italy and adjacent regions of SE France, Switzerland, SW Germany, and Austria, and into Slovenia. The Alp... Read more
Austria
Austria , Ger. Österreich [eastern march], officially Republic of Austria, federal republic (2005 est. pop. 8,185,000), 32,374 sq mi (83,849 sq km), central Europe. It is bounded by Slovenia and Italy (S), Switzerland and Liechtenstein (W), Germany and the Czech Republic (N), and Slovakia and... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Grossglockner"

Grossglockner
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Grossglockner , peak, 12,460 ft (3,797 m) high, in Tyrol, S Austria, the highest point in the Hohe Tauern range and in Austria. It...
Alps
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Carnic Alps, and the Julian Alps; and, in the north, the Hohe Tauern and Niedere Tauern; the principal eastern peak is Grossglockner. Most major routes across the E Alps follow the Brenner and Semmering passes. Bibliography See The Alps, prepared by...
Austria
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...Official name: Republic of Austria Area: 83,858 square kilometers (32,378 square miles) Highest point on mainland : Grossglockner (3,798 meters/12,461 feet) Lowest point on land: Neusiedler See (115 meters/377 feet) Hemispheres : Eastern...
Austrian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...geographic Europe. Two-thirds of Austria's land mass is located in the Alpine region, with its highest peak, the Grossglockner, reaching 12,457 feet. With a population of 7,587,000, Austria has maintained zero population growth in the last...
Carinthia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Predominantly mountainous, it is the southernmost Austrian province, bordering on Italy and Slovenia in the south. The Grossglockner , the highest point in Austria (12,460 ft/3,797 m), rises in the northeast, at the Tyrol province border. Carinthia...
Hohe Tauern
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Alps, S Austria, extending c.70 mi (110 km) E from the Italian border. It rises to 12,460 ft (3,798 m) in the Grossglockner. The Tauern railroad (built 1901-8) traverses the range through a tunnel (5 mi/8 km long). It is a tourist spot...
Heiligenblut
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Heiligenblut [Ger.,=holy blood], village, Carinthia prov., SW Austria, at the foot of the Grossglockner. It is a winter sports and mountain-climbing center. Heiligenblut is a famous place of pilgrimage; in its Gothic church...
highest mountains
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Switzerland 4634 15,203 also Matterhorn (Cervino) 3 Italy/Switzerland 4478 14,691 Jungfrau Switzerland 4158 13,642 Grossglockner Austria 3797 12,457 Mulhacen Spain 3478 11,411 Etna Italy (Sicily) 3340 10,958 Zugspitze Germany 2962 9718 Olympus...

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Mountain tales Austria offers castles, caves, eerie stories
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 6/17/2004; ; 700+ words ; At nearly 13,000 feet, Grossglockner (Big Bell) is the largest of...another fellow came up missing on Grossglockner in February ..." His mother...largest of the Austrian Alps, Grossglockner (Big Bell). The mountain was...
WHAT'S DOING IN EUROPE; Alpine High: Austria's Newest National Park
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/13/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...s grandest mountain highway, the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse. By 7 a.m., almost...s highest peak, the neighboring Grossglockner (12,480 feet), the highway is...to the village of Heiligenblut. The Grossglockner Strasse is a marvel of engineering...
Alps Said to Be at Warmest in Centuries
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/6/2006; 643 words ; ...upcoming international race went to the road leading up to Grossglockner - Austria's highest mountain - to get snow needed to prepare...truck between 247,000 to 283,000 cubic feet of snow from Grossglockner, said organizer Thomas Abfalter. --- On the Net: ALP...
Alps Are Warmest in 1,300 Years
News Wire article from: AP Online; 12/5/2006; 624 words ; ...organizers of an upcoming international race went to the Grossglockner - Austria's highest mountain - to get snow they needed...meters (9,200 - 10,500 cubic yards) of snow from the Grossglockner, said organizer Thomas Abfalter. ----- On the Net...
Three climbers rescued.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/19/1998; 323 words ; ...feet beneath the peak of Austria's highest mountain, the Grossglockner, were plucked from the mountainside by rescuers at daybreak yesterday. The 49,361 ft-high Grossglockner, located between Salzburg province and eastern Tyrol in western...
In Austrian Alps, a not-so-glacial retreat A country's icy lure is melting away
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/8/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...In the early 1960s, they used to have a ski race every spring from the top of the Grossglockner to the bottom of the glacier.'' The Grossglockner, which looms above the Pasterze, is, at 3,798 meters, or 12,460 feet, Austria...
A FITTING TRIBUTE TO STEVE KNOWLTON.(Sports)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...downhill title. He also won a memorable race on Austria's Grossglockner after the war in Europe had ended and the men of the 10th...slalom race. Ralph Ball was with Knowlton that day on the Grossglockner. He also was with Knowlton on a troop ship crossing the...
Where has all the snow gone? The warmest winter for 1,300 years hits the Alps
Newspaper article from: Belfast Telegraph; 12/9/2006; 700+ words ; ...cancel, villagers spent five days hauling snow by lorry from Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain, allowing the event to go...the first part of the season, with plenty of snow." On Grossglockner last winter, they had 8.7m of snow, the heaviest fall...
High5-Austria: one for the Afionados, Austria has something for everyone Rob Freeman hunts down the best bits.(HIGH 5 around the world)
Magazine article from: Geographical; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...of an Austrian Chamonix--it lies in the shadow of the Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain--so Heiligenblut is a...by even loftier peaks and presided over by the all mighty Grossglockner. 3 The racing certainty Schladming Those skiers of a certain...
It's tough at the top You're old. You're out of condition. And you wouldn't know a crampon from a crouton. So why not spend the weekend ascending Austria's highest peak? What have you got to lose, apart from your toes?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/15/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...proper notes. But in the meantime I had climbed the 3,798m Grossglockner, Austria's highest mountain. I had felt the grey- green...yet in Kurt Diemberger's class. The first ascent of the Grossglockner, in the Hohe Tauern mountains, took place 200 years ago...