The Granatspitze Group (), sometimes also the Granatspitz Group, is a sub-group of the

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within the

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. Together with the Ankogel Group, the

Goldberg Group The Goldberg Group is a sub-group of the Hohe Tauern mountain range within the Central Eastern Alps. It is located in Austria, in the States of Austria, states of Salzburg (state), Salzburg and Carinthia (state), Carinthia. Its highest peak is the ...

, the

Glockner Group The Glockner GroupKev Reynolds, Reynolds, Kev (2005). ''Walking in the Alps'', 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, p.409, . () is a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps in the Eastern Alps, and is located in the centre section of the High Tauern on ...

, the Schober Group, the Kreuzeck Group, the

Venediger Group The Venediger Group () is a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Granatspitze Group, the Glockner Group, the Goldberg Group, and the Ankogel Group, it forms the main ridge of the High Tauern. The highest peak is the Groß ...

, the

Villgraten Mountains The Villgraten Mountains () or Deferegg Alps (''Deferegger Alpen''), also called the Defreggen Mountains (''Defreggengebirge'', archaically also with ''"ff"'') are a subgroup of the Austrian Central Alps within the Eastern Alps of Europe. Togethe ...

and the

Rieserferner Group The Rieserferner Group (, ) is a mountain range in the Austrian Central Alps. Together with the Ankogel Group, Goldberg Group, Glockner Group, Schober Group, Kreuzeck Group, Granatspitze Group, Venediger Group and the Villgraten Mountains the grou ...

, the Granatspitze Group forms the main range known as the

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. The Granatspitze Group is located in

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in the federal states of

Salzburg Salzburg is the List of cities and towns in Austria, fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020 its population was 156,852. The city lies on the Salzach, Salzach River, near the border with Germany and at the foot of the Austrian Alps, Alps moun ...

and

Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary, f ...

. Its highest summit is the Großer Muntanitz, The Granatspitze Group is located in the central part of the High Tauern. The Felbertauernstraße road is the boundary of the group in the west. The group is rather overshadowed by its more famous neighbours which include the Großglockner and the Großvenediger. The range takes its name from the Granatspitze,

Neighbouring ranges

The Granatspitze Group is bordered by the following other mountain ranges of the Alps: *

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps ( or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone ( greywacke zone). Location Two-thirds of ...

(to the north) *

(to the east) * Schober Group (to the southeast) *

(to the southwest) *

(to the west)

Summits

All named three-thousanders (main peaks in the Granatspitze Group):Zlöbl: Dreitausender Osttirols p. 170 * Großer Muntanitz * Kleiner Muntanitz * Oberer Muntanitzpalfen * Luckenkogel * Stubacher Sonnblick * Granatspitze * Vordere Kendlspitze * Hintere Kendlspitze * Kalser Bärenkopf * Gradötz * Stellachwand * Grauer Schimme * Wellachköpfe * Äußerer Knappentröger

References

Sources

* Georg Zlöbl: ''Die Dreitausender Osttirols im Nationalpark Hohe Tauern''. Verlag Grafik Zloebl, Lienz-Tristach 2007, {{Authority control Geography of East Tyrol Zell am See District Mountain ranges of Salzburg (federal state) Mountain ranges of Tyrol (federal state)