Similaun

{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}

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{{Infobox mountain

| name = Similaun

| photo = Similaun 1.jpg

| photo_caption = The Similaun as seen from south

| elevation_m = 3599

| elevation_ref =

| prominence_m = 259

| prominence_ref =

| parent_peak = Hintere Schwärze

| map = Austria

| map_caption = Location within Austria on the Austrian—Italian border

| label_position = bottom

| location = Tyrol, Austria /
South Tyrol Italy

| range = Ötztal Alps

| coordinates = {{coord|46|45|49|N|10|52|50|E|display=inline,title}}

| topo = BEV OK50 173

| first_ascent = 1833 by Peter Carl Thurwieser or in 1834 by Josef Raffeiner and Theodor Kaserer

| easiest_route = From the Similaunhütte over the Niederjoch glacier and west ridge

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The Similaun ({{IPA|de|zimiˈlaʊn|-|De-at Similaun.ogg}}) is a mountain in the Schnalskamm group of the Ötztal Alps.{{cite book|last=Klier|first=Walter|year=2006|title=Ötztaler Alpen|publisher=Bergverlag Rother|isbn=978-3-7633-1123-1}} It is on the Austrian-Italian border. At 3,599 m, it is Austria's sixth 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 Simon and Erika Simon discovered Ötzi the Iceman in 1991.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-11 |title=500-year-old 'goatelope' mummy found in melting European glacier |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/500-year-old-goatelope-mummy-found-in-melting-european-glacier |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811190956/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/500-year-old-goatelope-mummy-found-in-melting-european-glacier |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |access-date=2023-03-12 |website=National Geographic |language=en}}

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