Rote Säule (Tauern)

Rote Säule
The Rote Säule seen from the Wildenkogel
Highest point
Elevation2,993 m (AA) (9,820 ft)
Prominence303 m Rotebenscharte
Isolation3.4 km Kratzenberg
Coordinates47°08′47″N 12°26′38″E / 47.146389°N 12.443889°E / 47.146389; 12.443889
Geography
Rote Säule
Parent rangeVenediger Group
Climbing
First ascent1865 by Franz Keil (tourist and cartographer)
Normal routeWest ascent (I)

The Rote Säule (also Rote Saile) is a mountain, 2,993 m (AA), on the main chain of the Alps in the Venediger Group. It lies on the border between the Austrian states of Salzburg and East Tyrol.