The Großer Sonnblick or Malteiner Sonnblick, a mountain with a height of , lies in the Ankogel Group

Ankogel Group

The Ankogel Group is a sub-group of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Goldberg Group, the Glockner Group, the Schober Group, the Kreuzeck Group, the Granatspitze Group, the Venediger Group, the Villgraten Mountains and the Rieserferner Group the Ankogel Group forms the mountain range of...

 of the Hohen Tauern in Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 and is the easternmost peak of the Alps that exceeds a height of 3,000 metres. The summit is located about 18 km as the crow flies northwest of Gmünd in Kärnten and ca. 8.5 km northeast of the Hochalmspitze. The normal ascent route that is quite flat in the upper stages from the Gmünder Hut, is not difficult when conditions are dry and free of snow, but it is quite tiring to climb due to the large difference in height that has to be over come (some 1,900 metres). As there are no signposts or markings, good orientation is needed for this tour. In good weather there is an outstanding view from the top to the Großer Hafner  and the Hochalmspitze .

The Großer Sonnblick has a prominence of 133 m and an isolation of 2,900 m.

Neighbouring peak

East of the Großer Sonnblick lies the sub-peak of Mittlerer Sonnblick

Mittlerer Sonnblick

The Mittlerer Sonnblick is a 3,000 metre high sub-peak of the 3,030 metre high Großer Sonnblick, with which it is linked by a knife-edge ridge. It is a border peak between the two Austrian federal states Carinthia and Salzburg in the Ankogel Group, a sub-group of the High Tauern.The mountain has a...

. The two summits are linked by a ridge that can be negotiated without the need for climbing.