The Granatspitze Group is located in Austria in the federal states of Salzburg and Tyrol.

Its highest summit is the Großer Muntanitz, 3,232 m (AA) The Granatspitze Group is located in the central part of the High Tauern.

The Felbertauernstraße road is the boundary of the group in the west.

The group is rather overshadowed by its more famous neighbours which include the Großglockner and the Großvenediger.

The range takes its name from the Granatspitze, 3,086 m above sea level (AA) The Granatspitze Group is bordered by the following other mountain ranges of the Alps: All named three-thousanders (main peaks in the Granatspitze Group):[2]