Brandenberg Alps

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Brandenberg Alps
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The Dalfazalm, 1,693 m, Rofan range (Brandenberg Alps), Austria
Highest point
Peak Hochiss
Elevation 2,299 m above sea level (AA)
Dimensions
Length38 km (24 mi)
Geography
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CountryAustria
Region Tyrol
Range coordinates 47°32′12″N11°52′33″E / 47.53667°N 11.87583°E / 47.53667; 11.87583 Coordinates: 47°32′12″N11°52′33″E / 47.53667°N 11.87583°E / 47.53667; 11.87583
Parent range Northern Limestone Alps

The Brandenberg Alps (German : Brandenberger Alpen) are a sub-group of the Northern Limestone Alps, that run in front of the Eastern Alps for their whole length. They lie entirely in Austria between Achensee in Tyrol, the Inn Valley and the Bavarian Prealps.

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They are widely known in German as the Rofangebirge, although the actual Rofan (also Sonnwendgebirge) is only the western part of the area between the Brandenberger Ache stream and the Achensee lake. It consists of a central mountain group and three individual mountains. The Guffert (2,195 m (7,201 ft)), which is located outside the central group, forms a distinct mountain block. It is located north of Kramsach, between the Tegernsee Blauberge and the central Rofan. The Unnütze, at the northern end of the Achensee east of Achenkirch, and the Ebener Joch (1,957 m (6,421 ft)) east of Maurach at the southern end of the Achensee, are also outside the central mountain range.

Neighbouring mountain ranges

The Brandenberg Alps border on the following other sub-groups in the Alps:

Central Group

The Dalfazer Wande in the Rofangebirge AchenseeWinter13.JPG
The Dalfazer Wände in the Rofangebirge
Main Rofan group seen from the southwest (Ebner Joch). Left to right: Dalfaz Walls; Streichkopf, Hochiss, Spieljoch, Seekarlspitze, Haidachstellwand, Rofanspitze, Sagzahn, Vorderes Sonnwendjoch Rofan from Ebner Joch.JPG
Main Rofan group seen from the southwest (Ebner Joch). Left to right: Dalfaz Walls; Streichkopf, Hochiss, Spieljoch, Seekarlspitze, Haidachstellwand, Rofanspitze, Sagzahn, Vorderes Sonnwendjoch

Summits on the Rofan main ridge (Rofan-Hauptkamm) from west to east

Summits on the Dalfaz Walls from north to south

Summits on the ridge starting south of the Rofanspitze

Summits in the Brandenberg Alps from northeast to southwest

Waterbodies

The Zireiner See in front of the east face of the Rofanspitze Zireiner See Rofanspitze 2006 10.jpg
The Zireiner See in front of the east face of the Rofanspitze

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