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278:Location and surrounding area
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478:Mountains of the Alps
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260:Zinnenwand
224:Vertatscha
220:Wertatscha
111:14°12′45″E
108:46°26′23″N
68:Prominence
493:Karawanks
388:Incidents
324:Selenitza
288:Žirovnica
240:Karawanks
238:, in the
195:Karawanks
168:Carinthia
136:Geography
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244:Austria
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