Flashcards: Mountains of Austria

Dreitorspitze is a large and very prominent, multi-peak mountain massif in the eastern part of the Wetterstein Mountains in southern Germany.

The Rhaetian Alps (Italian: Alpi Retiche; German: Rätischen Alpen) are a mountain range of the Eastern Alps.

At 2,744 metres (9,003 ft), the Hochwanner (formerly: Kothbachspitze) is the second highest mountain in Germany after the Zugspitze (if the somewhat higher Schneefernerkopf is only considered as a sub-peak of the Zugspitze).

The Pasterze at approximately 8.

Zigerbergkopf is a mountain on the border of Liechtenstein and Austria in the Rätikon range of the Eastern Alps with a height of 2,051 metres (6,729 ft).

The Rax is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps on the border of the Austrian federal provinces of Lower Austria and Styria.

Semmering, located in Semmering, Lower Austria, 90 km (56 mi) from Vienna, is the oldest ski resort in Europe.

The Bohemian Forest, known in Czech as Šumava (pronounced [ˈʃʊmava] ) and in German as Böhmerwald, is a low mountain range in Central Europe.

The Zuckerhütl is a mountain in Tyrol, Austria.

The Hundsheimer Berge (also Hainburger Berge) is a hill range located in Lower Austria and Burgenland, Austria next to the Devín Gate.

Wildspitze (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪltˌʃpɪʦə] ) is the highest mountain in the Ötztal Alps and in North Tyrol, as well as the second highest mountain in Austria after the Großglockner.

The Lower Tauern or Niedere Tauern (Slovene: Nizke Ture) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria.

The High Tauern (pl.; German: Hohe Tauern, Italian: Alti Tauri) are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass.

Hoher Dachstein is a strongly karstic Austrian mountain, and the second highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps.

The Erzberg mine is a large open-pit mine located in Eisenerz, Styria, in the central-western part of Austria, 60 km north-west of Graz and 260 km south-west of the capital, Vienna.

The Hochgolling (2,862 m) is a mountain of the Eastern Alps, located on the border of Steiermark and Salzburg, Austria, near the ski resort of Schladming.

Breithorn (elevation 2,504 m (8,215 ft)) is a summit in the Steinernes Meer of the Berchtesgaden Alps in the Austrian state of Salzburg.

The Zugspitze, (German pronunciation: [tsukʃpɪtsə]) at 2,962 m (9,718 ft) above sea level, is the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany.

Arlberg is a mountain range or massif between Vorarlberg and Tyrol in Austria.

The Kitzsteinhorn is a mountain in the High Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria.

The Schneeberg, with its 2,076-metre (6,811 ft) high summit Klosterwappen, is the highest mountain of Lower Austria, and the easternmost mountain in the Alps to exceed 2000 m.

Rennfeld (1,629 m) is a mountain in the Fischbach Alps, part of the Prealps east of the Mur.

Golica (1835 m) (German: Kahlkogel) is a peak in the Western Karawanks, on the border between Slovenia and Austria, above the Slovene town of Jesenice.

Petzen (German) or Peca (Slovene) is the highest mountain of the eastern Karawanks, the second-highest mountain of the Northern Karawanks and the most eastern two-thousand-metre mountain of Slovenia.

Klek (1754 m), (German: Hahnkogel), also known as Petelin or Petelinjek to locals from the villages on the Slovene side below its summit, is a peak in the Western Karawanken Alps, between Golica/Kahlkogel to the east and Dovška Baba (German: Frauenkogel) to the west.

The Sulzfluh is a mountain in the Rätikon range of the Alps, located on the border between Austria and Switzerland.

Roßkopf or Rosskopf is a peak in the Carnic Alps of Austria, near the boundary with Italy.

Dovška Baba (1,891 m), (German: Frauenkogel), also sometimes known as Dovška Rožca although this actually refers to a pasture some 200 m below the summit, is a peak in the Western Karawanken Alps.

Stuhleck (1,782 m) is a mountain in Steiermark, Austria.