Mittlerer Sonnblick Explained

Mittlerer Sonnblick
Elevation: (3000disp=output onlyNaNdisp=output only)
Isolation:0.660 km
Prominence:100 m
Range:Ankogel Group, High Tauern
Listing:easternmost 3,000er of the Alps
Location:Border of Carinthia/Salzburg, Austria
Map:Austria
Coordinates:47.0525°N 13.4308°W

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.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hikr.org/dir/Mittlerer_Sonnblick_25867/ Mittlerer Sonnblick 3000 m 9840 ft.
  2. http://www.thehighrisepages.de/bergtouren/tour_567.htm Tour 567 - Großer Hafner, Großer Sonnblick, Mittlerer Sonnblick, Petereck