Tyrol Schistose Alps
Appearance
Tyrol Schistose Alps | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Lizumer Reckner |
Elevation | 2,886 m (9,469 ft) |
Coordinates | 47°08′39″N 11°37′50″E / 47.14417°N 11.63056°E |
Naming | |
Native name | Tiroler Schieferalpen (German) |
Geography | |
Country | Austria |
States of Austria | Salzburg, Tyrol |
Parent range | Alps |
Borders on | North Tyrol Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Northern Salzburg Alps, Western Tauern Alps and Eastern Rhaetian Alps |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
Rock type | Sedimentary rocks[1] |
The Tyrol Schistose Alps (Tiroler Schieferalpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountain ranges in a new, and as yet unadopted, classification of the Alps, located in Austria.
Geography
[edit]Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Tyrol and, marginally, of Salzburg. The whole range is drained by the tributaries of the Danube river.
SOIUSA classification
[edit]According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[2]
- main part = Eastern Alps
- major sector = Northern Limestone Alps
- section = Tyrol Schistose Alps
- code = II/B-23
Subdivision
[edit]The range is divided in two Alpine subsections:[2]
- Tux Alps (DE:Tuxer Alpen) - SOIUSA code:II/B-23.I;
- Kitzbühel Alps (DE:Kitzbüheler Alpen) - SOIUSA code:II/B-23.II.
Notable summits
[edit]Some notable summits of the range are:
Name | metres | feet |
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Lizumer Reckner | 2,886 | 9,469 |
Glungezer | 2,677 | 8,783 |
Kreuzjoch | 2,588 | 8,392 |
Torhelm | 2,494 | 8,182 |
Salzachgeier | 2,469 | 8,100 |
Großer Galtenberg | 2,424 | 7,953 |
Kellerjoch | 2,344 | 7,690 |
Patscherkofel | 2,246 | 7,369 |
Kitzbüheler Horn | 1,996 | 6,549 |
References
[edit]- ^ The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
- ^ a b Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.