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Grossglockner

American  
[grohs-glok-ner] / ˈgroʊsˌglɒk nər /

noun

  1. a mountain in S Austria: highest peak in the Hohe Tauern range. 12,457 feet (3,799 meters).


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Also on Sunday, a 33-year-old police officer died in an avalanche in the southern Carinthia region on the Grossglockner peak.

From The Guardian

The biathletes rise at 5 a.m., bike for four hours to Grossglockner — Austria’s highest mountain — and spend 90 minutes going uphill on roller skis.

From Washington Post

The 48-year-old was flying back from a mountain hut in the Grossglockner area of Carinthia, in eastern Austria, when his helicopter struck a cliff late Thursday.

From Washington Times

Highlights and high points: We knew the Alps were going to be beautiful, but driving the Grossglockner High Alpine Road — with its hairpin turns, abundant waterfalls and rocky peaks glossy with snow — was a spectacular journey.

From Washington Post

Danny Hall, 25, and Josh Robinson, 22, both from Kent, crashed off Austria's highest mountain pass, Grossglockner High Alpine Road, on Friday morning.

From BBC