The Klockerin, formerly also called the ''Glockerin'' or ''Glocknerin'', is a twin-peaked

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in the

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on the ridge of ''Fuscher/Kapruner Kamm'' in the

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, a range within the

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in the

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n state of

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. Its southwest top (''Südwestgipfel'') is high, its northeast top (''Nordostgipfel'') has a height of 3,335 m. The two summits are about 240 metres apart. A prominent

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runs westwards; the west-northwestern arête is a short, but knife-edge ridge of rock. The Klockerin has a mighty Northwest Face which is 920 metres high and has a gradient of 54°. The mountain is geographically dominant compared with the southern and western neighbouring peaks. Especially from the west, where the Mooserboden Reservoir (surface at 2,036 m) lies, the Klockerin appears as a mighty massif. The mountain was first climbed on 18 September 1869 by German alpinist, Karl Hofmann, Prague merchant,

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and

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s, Thomas Groder and Josef Schnell from

Kals am Großglockner Kals am Großglockner is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the exclave of East Tirol in the Austrian state of Tyrol. Geography Kals is located in northern East Tirol, near the border to Salzburg and Carinthia. Located in the valleys ...

.''Zeitschrift des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins'', Vol. III, Munich, 1872, p. 68

References

Literature and maps

* Willi End: ''Glocknergruppe'', Alpine Club Guide

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, Munich, 2003, * Eduard Richter: ''Die Erschliessung der Ostalpen, III. Band'', Verlag des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Berlin, 1894 *

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1:25,000 series, Sheet 40, ''Glocknergruppe'' Alpine three-thousanders Mountains of the Alps Glockner Group Mountains of Salzburg (federal state) {{Salzburg-geo-stub