The 50 Finest Mountains in Austria.

This list ranks 50 mountains in Austria according to prominence (primary factor).
The list actually includes all 56 peaks with at least 1000 meter of prominence.

This data has been derived from work by Eberhard Jurgalski, Jonathan de Ferranti and several other contributors.
See this page for more much more comprehensive lists of world wide prominence.

Confirmed or suspected corrections are most welcome by email to: petter@ii.uib.no

Copyright Petter Bjørstad
I appreciate that use of these data is acknowledged including a link to my main mountain page.

Austria has 13 Ultra prominent mountains, of which one is shared with Germany.
There are 4 peaks shared with neighbor countries among the top 50.
The top 55 peaks on this list contains 50 peaks that are completely inside Austria.

Two stars behind the rank means that I have climbed it (19/50).

Rank	Height	Name	Primary factor	Location	Comments
1**	3798	Grossglockner	2423	N47:04, E012:42	Austria HP
2**	3768	Wildspitze	2261	N46:53, E010:52	Tyrol HP
3**	2941	Hochkönig	2181	N47:25, E013:04	Hut on the summit
4**	2995	Hoher Dachstein	2136	N47:29, E013:36	Via Ferrata
5**	2962	Zugspitze	1750	N47:25, E010:59	Germany HP
6**	2515	Grosser Priel	1703	N47:43, E014:04	Unfriendly Jäger
7	2634	Birnhorn	1665	N47:28, E012:44	Not yet
8**	2784	Polinik	1580	N56:54, E013:09	Friendly hut
9	2749	Bikkarspitze	1567	N47:25, E011:26	Not yet
10**	2344	Ellmauer Halt	1552	N47:34, E012:18	Via Ferrata
11**	2369	Hochtor	1520	N47:34, E014:38	Not yet
12**	2351	Grimming	1518	N47:31, E014:01	Morning hike
13**	2396	Zirbitzkogel	1502	N47:04, E014:34	First ski in Austria.
**	**	13 Ultra Mountains	****	**	**
14	2430	Raucheck	1463	N47:30, E013:14
15**	2371	Reisskofel	1390	N46:41, E013:09
16	2224	Grosser Buchstein	1363	Austria
17	2299	Hochiss	1359	Austria
18**	2076	Klosterwappen	1348	Austria
19**	2110	Mirnock	1343	Austria
20	3168	Hoher Riffler	1341	Austria
21	2511	Grosses Ochsenhorn	1309	Austria
22**	1862	Grosser Höllkogel	1294	Austria
23	2244	Grosser Pyhrgas	1290	Austria
24	2236	Latschur	1268	Austria
25	2370	Tschirgant	1263	Austria
26	2770	Grosse Sandspitze	1245	Austria
27	3036	Parseierspitze	1243	Austria
28	2340	Daniel	1233	Austria
29	2166	Dobratsch	1233	Austria
30**	2187	Ameringkogel	1232	Austria
31	3476	Olperer	1230	Austria
32	3666	Grossvenediger	1199	Austria
33	2768	Hochplattig	1189	Austria
34	1961	Sonntagshorn	1181	N47:41, E012:42	Austria/Germany
35**	1782	Schafberg	1178	Austria
36	2417	Geierhaupt	1172	Austria
37	2780	Hohe Warte	1144	N46:36, E012:53	Austria/Italy
38	2194	Guffertspitze	1143	Austria
39	2862	Hochgolling	1124	Austria
40	2286	Stadelhorn	1121	N47:36, E012:48	Austria/Germany
41	1774	Hochkogel	1094	Austria
42**	2363	Geisstein	1089	Austria
43	2238	Köllenspitze	1088	Austria
44	1975	Hoher Sarstein	1084	Austria
45	1919	Hochstadl	1072	Austria
46**	2139	Hochobir	1071	Austria
47	2027	Gamsfeld	1070	Austria
48	2558	Kreuzjoch	1051	Austria
49	2277	Hochschwab	1045	Austria
50	2119	Spitzegel	1045	Austria
**	**	50 Finest	****	**	**
51	2145	Wöllaner Nock	1042	Austria
52	3507	Zuckerhütl	1033	Austria
53	2237	Hochstuhl	1021	N46:26, E014:10	Austria/Slovenia
54	2376	Knittelkarspitze	1017	Austria
55	1773	Unterberghorn	1013	Austria
**	**	50 Finest, no border peaks	****	**	**
56	1828	Hohe Salve	1010	Austria
**	**	56 peaks with more than 1000m	****	**	**
57	1963	Hoher Nock	999	Austria
58	2656	Grosser Krottenkopf	996	Austria
59	2196	Grosse Arnspitze	993	N47:24, E011:13	Austria/Germany
60	2341	Thaneller	992	Austria
61	2007	Heukuppe	992	Austria

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