Tyrol Schistose Alps

Tyrol Schistose Alps
Tiroler Schieferalpen

Lizumer Reckner from North
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 / 47.14417; 11.63056Coordinates: 47°08′39″N 11°37′50″E / 47.14417°N 11.63056°E / 47.14417; 11.63056
Geography

Tyrol Schistose Alps (section nr.23) within Eaestern Alps

Country Austria
States of Austria Salzburg , Tyrol
Parent range Alps
Borders on
Geology
Orogeny Alpine orogeny
Type of rock 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

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

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

Subdivision

The range is divided in two Alpine subsections:[2]

Notable summits

Kitzbüheler Horn, in the Kitzbühel Alps

Some notable summits of the range are:

Namemetresfeet
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 2,3447,690
Patscherkofel 2,246 7,369
Kitzbüheler Horn 1,996 6,549

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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