Julius Johannes Ludovicus Ritter von Payer, ennobled Ritter von Payer in 1876, was an officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army, mountaineer, arctic explorer, cartographer, painter, and professor at the Theresian Military Academy. He is chiefly known for the Austro-Hungarian North Pole expedition in 1872–74 and the discovery of Franz Josef Land.
The Ötztal Alps are a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps, in the State of Tyrol in western Austria and the Province of South Tyrol in northern Italy.
The Battle of San Matteo took place in the late summer of 1918 on the Punta San Matteo during World War I. It was regarded as the highest battle in history until it was surpassed in 1999 by the Kargil Conflict at 5,600 m.
Ortler is, at 3,905 m (12,812 ft) above sea level, the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps outside the Bernina Range. It is the main peak of the Ortler Range. It is the highest point of the Southern Limestone Alps, of South Tyrol in Italy, of Tyrol overall, and, until 1919, of the Austrian-Hungarian empire. In German the mountain is commonly referred to as "König Ortler", like in the unofficial hymn of South Tyrol, the Bozner Bergsteigerlied.
The Ortler Alps are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps mountain group in the Central Eastern Alps, in Italy and Switzerland.
The Livigno Alps are a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy, around the Italian village Livigno. They are considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps.
Sulden is a mountain village in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It is a frazione of the comune of Stilfs.
The Sole Valley is a valley in Trentino, northern Italy.
Piz Murtaröl is a mountain of the Ortler Alps, located on the border between Italy and Switzerland. With a height of 3,180 metres above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Val Mora. On its southern side it overlooks Passo di Fraéle.
Punta San Matteo is a secondary peak of Ortler-Vioz in the Ortler Alps, at the border between the Province of Sondrio and Trentino in northern Italy.
The Hoher Angelus is a mountain in the Ortler Alps in South Tyrol, Italy.
Hasenöhrl is a mountain of the Ortler Alps in South Tyrol, Italy.
The Hintere Eggenspitze is a mountain in the Ortler Alps on the border between South Tyrol and Trentino, Italy.
The Königspitze is a mountain of the Ortler Alps on the border between South Tyrol and the Province of Sondrio (Lombardy), Italy. After the Ortler, it is the second highest peak in the Ortler Alps, at a height of 3,851m.
The Veneziaspitze is a mountain in the Ortler Alps on the border between South Tyrol and Trentino, Italy.
The Zufrittspitze is a mountain in the Ortler Alps on the border between South Tyrol and Trentino, Italy.
The Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps is a common division of the Eastern Alps into 75 mountain ranges, based on the Moriggl Classification (ME) first published in 1924 by the German and Austrian Alpine Club. The present-day division established for the German-speaking world was compiled by the German, Austrian and South Tyrol Alpine Clubs and published in 1984 and is also used for the basic numbering of Alpine Club maps for mountaineering.
The Sobretta-Gavia Group is a mountain massif that extends between the upper Veltlin and the upper Valcamonica in the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Brescia.
The Ilmenspitze is a mountain in the Ortler Alps on the border between South Tyrol and Trentino, Italy. It is the highest peak of Ilmenkamm, a mountain crest in the Ortler Alps and a prominent peak between the Val d'Ultimo and the Deutschnonsberg.
The Große Eiskogel is a mountain in the Ortler Alps in South Tyrol, Italy, which rises to a height of 3,547 m s.l.m..
