Hochgall

The Hochgall is a mountain of the Rieserferner group in the High Tauern. the summit is in South Tyrol, Italy, just 500 m from the Austrian border.

Hochgall
Hochgall from the west. The high (northeast) ridge on the left forms the border with Austria.
Highest point
Elevation3,436 m (11,273 ft)
Prominence1,148 m (3,766 ft)
Isolation13.66 km (8.49 mi) 
ListingAlpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates46°54′45″N 12°08′30″E
Geography
Hochgall
Alps
LocationSouth Tyrol, Italy
Parent rangeRieserferner group
Climbing
First ascentSummer of 1854 by Defereggen valley members of a party of the land surveyor Hermann van Acken
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