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The Similaun () is a mountain in the Schnalskamm group of the Ă–tztal Alps. It is on the
Austria Austria, , bar, Ă–stareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
n- Italian border. At 3,606 m, it is Austria's sixth highest summit. It was first ascended in 1834 by Josef Raffeiner and Theodor Kaserer. It is most famous for being the mountain on whose slopes Helmut Simon and Erika Simon discovered Ă–tzi the Iceman in 1991. Mountains of Tyrol (state) Mountains of South Tyrol Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Ă–tztal Alps Austria–Italy border International mountains of Europe {{Tyrol-geo-stub