page_title: Venediger Group
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Venediger Group / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Großvenediger (3657 m) von der Johannishütte aus gesehen English: Großvenediger (3657 m) from the Johannishütte
context_page_description: The Venediger Group is a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Granatspitze Group, the Glockner Group, the Goldberg Group, and the Ankogel Group, it forms the main ridge of the High Tauern. The highest peak is the Großvenediger at 3,657 m, which gives its name to the group. Considerable parts of the Venediger Group belong to the core zone of the High Tauern National Park.
context_section_description: The Venediger Group is located in Austria in the federal states of Salzburg and Tyrol, and also in Italy in the autonomous province of South Tyrol. The greater part of the range lies in East Tyrol.
  The Venediger Group includes the western part of the main chain of the High Tauern range. The Felber Tauern pass road runs across the Alpine crest between Salzburg and East Tyrol on the eastern side of the range. The Venediger Group is the most glaciated mountain range in the High Tauern. The renown of the main summit in the group, the Großvenediger, rather overshadows the other regions and mountains, though the group has a great number of peaks, mountain paths and Alpine huts.
  The origin of its name is unclear. According to a legend, when local shepherds saw the giant mass of the Venediger glacier for the first time they thought they were looking at the glistening surface of the sea with a town (“Venice”). Nevertheless, the name may go back to medieval Welsh (Venetian) prospectors searching for Cobalt and Manganese ores in the area.
caption: Großvenediger peak (highest point, rear left), view from Johannis Hut near Prägraten to the south
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