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Peak
  
Petzeck

States
  
Tyrol and Carinthia

Country
  
Austria

Mountains
  
Gößnitzkopf

Elevation
  
3,283 m (10,771 ft)

Highest point
  
Gößnitzkopf

Parent range
  
High Tauern

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Similar
  
High Tauern, Alps, Glödis, Roter Knopf, Rieserferner Group

The Schober Group (German: Schobergruppe) is a sub-range of the Hohe Tauern mountains in the Central Eastern Alps, on the border between the Austrian states of Tyrol (East Tyrol) and Carinthia. Most of the range is located inside Hohe Tauern national park. It is named after Mt. Hochschober, 3,242 metres (10,636 ft), though its highest peak is Mt. Petzeck at 3,283 metres (10,771 ft).

Contents

Map of Petzeck, 9843, Austria

Geography

The range comprises central parts of the Hohe Tauern south of the neighbouring Glockner Group and the Alpine divide. In the south it stretches down to the East Tyrolean capital Lienz and the Drava Valley. In the east, the Grossglockner High Alpine Road leads up to Hochtor Pass via Großkirchheim.

References

Schober group Wikipedia