The immediate neighbour of the Rote Spitze to the east is the somewhat higher Weiße Spitze (2,962 m). The names of the two summits are, however, not absolutely clear. This article adopts the names used by the Federal Office of Metrology and Survey. According to the inhabitants of the Defereggen valley, however, their names are reversed: they view the Rote Spitze as the higher, eastern summit.