Mittlerer Sonnblick

Mittlerer Sonnblick

Großer Sonnblick (centre) and Mittlerer Sonnblick (right)
Highest point
Elevation 3,000 m (AA) (9,800 ft)
Prominence 100 m
Isolation 0.660 km
Coordinates 47°03′09″N 13°25′51″E / 47.0525°N 13.43083°E / 47.0525; 13.43083Coordinates: 47°03′09″N 13°25′51″E / 47.0525°N 13.43083°E / 47.0525; 13.43083
Geography
Mittlerer Sonnblick

Border of Carinthia/Salzburg, Austria

Parent range Ankogel Group, High Tauern

The Mittlerer Sonnblick is a 3,000 metre high[1] sub-peak of the Großer Sonnblick (3,030 m) to which it is linked by a knife-edge ridge. It is a border peak between the two Austrian federal states of Carinthia and Salzburg. It lies within the Ankogel Group of mountains, a sub-group of the High Tauern.

The mountain has a prominence of 100 metres and an isolation of 660 metres,[2]

The peak has achieved certain renown, no doubt because it is the easternmost three-thousander in the Alps. It is certainly not wrong to say that the Großer Sonnblick is the easternmost mountain in the Alps that exceeds the 3,000-metre mark, but it is not the easternmost point in the Alps that reaches that height.

References

  1. Mittlerer Sonnblick 3000 m 9840 ft. at www.hikr.org. Accessed on 10 July 2011.
  2. Tour 567 - Großer Hafner, Großer Sonnblick, Mittlerer Sonnblick, Petereck at www.thehighrisepages.de. Accessed on 10 Jul 2011.
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