GROSSGLOCKNER

also called Glockner, highest peak (12,457 feet ) in Austria and in the Hohe Tauern (range of the Eastern Alps). It lies astride the border between Bundeslnder (federal states) Tirol and Krnten. The most magnificent of the glaciers on the mountain is the Pasterze Glacier, 5 miles (8 km) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide. The Grossglockner-Hochalpenstrasse, a highway (opened 1935) connecting Dlfach to the north with Heiligenblut to the south, lies to the east of the peak. The road has two tunnels (the Mitteltrl and Hochtor), and a branch road leads to the base of the Pasterze Glacier. Winter sports, mountain climbing, and beautiful scenery make the peak a noted tourist attraction. It was first climbed in 1800.