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u Hohe Tauern National Park

The beautiful area around Austria’s highest Artificial Lakes
peak, the Grossglockner, is a national park. One of the great
The unique landscape, flora and fauna of attractions of the
Hohe Tauern is its
the region, the Hohe Tauern, is jointly many picturesque
protected by the provincial governments reservoirs, gathering
of Salzburger Land, Tyrol and Carinthia. the crystal-clear
The Hohe Tauern has more than 300 peaks meltwaters from the
glaciers high above
rising above 3,000 m (9,850 ft) and several each spring.
glaciers – the Pasterze is the longest and
most spectacular. This whole national park
area is protected by law and visitors are
asked to keep to the marked trails. On its
edges are many popular tourist resorts,
such as Bad Gastein, Kaprun, Zell am See
and East Tyrol’s capital, Lienz.
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. Pasterze Glacier
The largest glacier in the Eastern Alps
is 8 km (5 miles) long and covers an
area of 18 sq km (7 sq miles). Like
many glaciers, however, it is slowly
shrinking in size. 3331
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Key
Major road
Minor road
. Grossglockner Cable car
Austria’s highest peak (3,797 m/12,457 ft) Provincial border
towers at the border between Carinthia
and East Tyrol, a crucifix marking River
the summit. Viewpoint
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p299 and p325

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