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The best-known mountain pass road of the High Tauern is the scenic Grossglockner High Alpine Road inaugurated in 1935, including a tunnel at an elevation of 2,505 metres (8,219 ft) under the Hochtor Pass (2,573 metres (8,442 ft)).
The Johannisberg has, seen from the east, a firn-capped dome shape, its western side consists of a mighty, 450 metre high and 50° inclined West Face. Long, prominent, knife-edge ridges radiate away from it to the northwest and southwest. The mountain is a popular destination for walkers and climbers due to its easy accessibility.
Mountain Height (m) [1] Region [2] Range Coordinates Isolation (km) Prominence (m) [3] First ascent [4] 1 Großglockner: 3798 Ca/ET Glockner Group Hohe Tauern: 174.6 Königspitze: 2,428 Brenner Pass: 1800 2 Wildspitze: 3770 NT Ötztal Alps Weißkamm
Innergschlöss: alm farming in the valley bottom, mountain forests, alpine meadows and glaciers in the High Tauern. The word Tauern (German pronunciation: [ˈtaʊ̯ɐn] ⓘ) 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.
The most challenging geographical obstruction to the envisioned line was the High Tauern mountain range, which would need to be traversed by a sizable tunnel of around five miles in length, roughly one-tenth of the overall mileage of the line.
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The standard gauge railway line is 79 km (49 mi) long and climbs the High Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps with a maximum incline of 2.5%, crossing the Alpine crest through the 8,371 m (27,464 ft) long Tauern Tunnel. It is one of the highest standard gauge railways in Europe and the third highest in Austria.
7th High Mountain Battalion "Major Raúl Guillermo Mahecha Martínez" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 7 "Mayor Raúl Guillermo Mahecha Martínez") [93] 8th High Mountain Battalion "Colonel José María Vesga" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No.8 "Coronel José María Vesga") [94] 9th High Mountain Battalion (Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 9) [95]