The Similaun () is a mountain in the Schnalskamm group of the Ötztal Alps. It is on the Austrian-Italian border. At 3,606 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. Mountains of Tyrol (state) Mountains of South Tyrol Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Ötztal Alps Austria–Italy border International mountains of Europe