Northern Lower Austria Alps

Northern Lower Austria Alps
Lower Austria Alps

Highest point
Peak Hochstadl
Elevation 1,919 m (6,296 ft)
Coordinates 47°41′11″N 15°04′31″E / 47.68639°N 15.07528°E / 47.68639; 15.07528Coordinates: 47°41′11″N 15°04′31″E / 47.68639°N 15.07528°E / 47.68639; 15.07528
Naming
Native name Niederösterreichische Nordalpen
Geography

Northern Lower Austria Alps (section nr.27) within Eaestern Alps

Country Austria
States of Austria Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria
Parent range Alps
Borders on Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps and Northern Styrian Alps
Geology
Orogeny Alpine orogeny
Type of rock Sedimentary rocks[1]

The Northern Lower Austria Alps or Lower Austria Alps (Niederösterreichische Nordalpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountains in a new, and as yet unadopted, classification of the Alps. They are the northernmost section of the Alps.

Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Lower Austria and, marginally, to the states of Upper Austria and Styria. The whole range is drained by the Danube river.

SOIUSA classification

According to the proposal by SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps), the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[2]

Subdivision

Lower Austria Alps are divided into three Alpine subsections:[2]

Summits

The Ötscher in winter
The Wienerwald, in the north-eastern part of the range

The chief summits of the range are:

Namemetresfeet
Hochstadl 1,919 6,294
Ötscher 1,893 6,209
Großer Sulzberg1,400 4,592
Reisalpe 1,399 4,589
Tirolerkogel 1,380 4,526
Bürgeralpe1,002 4,166
Traisenberg1,002 4,034
Eibl1,002 3,287
Schöpfl893 2,929

References

  1. ↑ The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
  2. 1 2 Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
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