Rote Säule (Tauern)

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Rote Säule

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The Rote Säule seen from the Wildenkogel
Highest point
Elevation 2,993  m (AA) (9,820 ft)
Prominence 303 m Rotebenscharte
Isolation 3.4 km  Kratzenberg
Coordinates 47°08′47″N12°26′38″E / 47.146389°N 12.443889°E / 47.146389; 12.443889 Coordinates: 47°08′47″N12°26′38″E / 47.146389°N 12.443889°E / 47.146389; 12.443889
Geography
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Rote Säule
Parent range Venediger Group
Climbing
First ascent 1865 by Franz Keil (tourist and cartographer)
Normal route West ascent (I)

The Rote Säule (also Rote Saile [1] ) is a mountain, 2,993  m (AA) , [2] on the main chain of the Alps in the Venediger Group. It lies on the border between the Austrian states of Salzburg and East Tyrol.

Metres above the Adriatic elevation measure

Metres above the Adriatic is the vertical datum used in Austria, in the former Yugoslavian states of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo, as well as in Albania to measure elevation, referring to the average water level of the Adriatic Sea at the Sartorio mole in the Port of Trieste.

Main chain of the Alps

The main chain of the Alps, also called the Alpine divide is the central line of mountains that forms the water divide of the range. Main chains of mountain ranges are traditionally designated in this way, and generally include the highest peaks of a range; the Alps are something of an unusual case in that several significant groups of mountains are separated from the main chain by sizable distances. Among these groups are the Dauphine Alps, the Eastern and Western Graians, the entire Bernese Alps, the Tödi, Albula and Silvretta groups, the Ortler and Adamello ranges, and the Dolomites of South Tyrol, as well as the lower Alps of Vorarlberg, Bavaria and Salzburg.

Venediger Group mountain range

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 Großvenediger at 3,657 m (AA), which gives its name to the group. Considerable parts of the Venediger Group belong to the core zone of the High Tauern National Park.

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Location and ascent

The Rote Säule is a peak in the extreme north of the district of Lienz. It is located on the main chain of the Tauern between the Roter Kogel (2,946 m above sea level (AA)) to the southeast and the Abretter (2,979 m above sea level (AA)) to the northwest, the Rote Säule being separated from the Abretter by the col of Abretterscharte (2,856 m above sea level (AA)). The Rote Säule has a wide north and east face. To the south are the remains of a glacier, the Gschlößkees. The Rote Säule may be climbed from the Venedigerhaus, the route branching off from the Sandebentörl path towards the northwest.

Tauern German word which originally meant "high mountain pass" in the Austrian Central Alps

The word Tauern is German and originally meant "high mountain pass" in the Austrian Central Alps, referring to the many bridleways and passes of the parallel side valleys of the River Salzach that cut into the mountain ranges. From the Middle Ages, when mining reached its heyday, the word "Tauern" was also used to name the corresponding ranges. The name has survived in many local placenames today.

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Hoher Eichham mountain

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Hoher Sonnblick mountain

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Schlieferspitze

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Schareck mountain in the Austrian Alps

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Racherin mountain

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Innere Wetterspitze mountain in Austria

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Weißkamm mountain range

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Literature

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