The Glocknerhorn and Teufelshorn are two nearby mountain peaks in the
Glockner Group in the
Austrian Central Alps in the central part of the
High Tauern
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. According to the literature, Teufelshorn is 3,677 metres high. The Austrian
Federal Office for Metrology and Survey gives Glocknerhorn's elevation as 3,680 metres, but naming it "Teufelshorn" by mistake. Both lie on the Northwest Ridge (''Nordwestgrat'') of Austria's highest peak, the neighbouring
Großglockner, along which the border between the Austrian federal states of
Tyrol
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(
East Tyrol) and
Carinthia
Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...
runs. The lower Teufelshorn in the west has a turret-like summit that juts about 30 metres above the massif itself and, together with the higher and similar-looking Glocknerhorn in the east, forms a
twin peak. The Teufelshorn was first climbed on 8 August 1884 by
Moriz von Kuffner,
guided by Christian Ranggetiner and E. Rubesoier. The Glocknerhorn, by contrast, had already been conquered on 29 August 1879 by the
Alpinists, Gustav Gröger and Christian Ranggetiner.
References
Sources and maps
*Willi End: ''Glocknergruppe''
Alpine Club Guide,
Bergverlag Rother, Munich, 2003, {{ISBN, 3-7633-1266-8
*Eduard Richter: ''Die Erschliessung der Ostalpen, III. Band'', Verlag des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Berlin 1894
*
Alpine Club map 1:25.000, Bheet 40, ''Glocknergruppe''
Mountains of the Alps
Glockner Group
Mountains of Carinthia
Mountains of Tyrol (federal state)
Alpine three-thousanders