Similaun
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Similaun | |
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Ötzi memorial |
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Elevation | 3,599 m (11,831 ft) |
Location | Tyrol ( Austria) / South Tyrol ( Italy) |
Range | Ötztal Alps |
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Topo map | BEV OK50 173 |
Similaun is a mountain in the Ötztal Alps. It is on the Austrian-Italian border. At 3,599 m high, it is Austria's fifth highest summit. It was first ascended in 1834 by Josef Raffeiner and Theodor Kaserer. It is most famous for being the mountain on whose slopes Helmut and Erika Simon discovered Ötzi the Iceman in 1991.