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Grossglockner[grOs´glOknur] Pronunciation Key, peak, 12,460 ft (3,797 m) high, in Tyrol, S Austria, the highest point in the Hohe Tauern range and in Austria. It is traversed by the Grossglocknerstrasse (built 1930–35), a magnificent Alpine highway rising up to 7,770 ft (2,368 m). The great Pasterze glacier (12 sq mi/31 sq km; 5 mi/8 km long) is on the mountain.
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