Eberstein is a town in the district of Sankt Veit an der Glan, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It lies in the southern part of Austria, within the federal state of Carinthia, whose administrative centre is Klagenfurt.
The municipality belongs to the Sankt Veit an der Glan district, one of Carinthia's political districts. The district takes its name from the town of Sankt Veit an der Glan, which serves as its administrative seat.
Eberstein shares its name with several other places in Austria and Germany, including a castle in Baden-Württemberg and a town in the same German region. The Carinthian Eberstein is distinct from these, being a municipality within the Austrian state of Carinthia.