Lienz Dolomites

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Lienz Dolomites
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A view of the Lienz Dolomites from the south
Highest point
Peak Große Sandspitze
Elevation 2,770 m (9,090 ft)
Coordinates 46°45′25″N12°45′00″E / 46.7570°N 12.75010°E / 46.7570; 12.75010
Geography
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Lienz Dolomites
Location in the Alps
Country Austria
Region(s) East Tyrol and Carinthia
Parent range Gailtal Alps

The Lienz Dolomites are an alpine mountain range located in the Austrian states of East Tyrol and Carinthia. It lies at the western side of the wider Gailtal Alps and contains its highest peaks. The range lies between the Drau Valley in the north and the Lesachtal to the south (where the Gail river flows). [1]

Its most notable summits include the Große Sandspitze at 2,770 m, the Spitzkofel (2,717 m), the Hochstadel (2,681 m) and the Eggenkofel (2591 m). [2]

Geology

The highest central peaks of the Lienz Dolomites (the Große Sandspitze, the Laserzwand, the Spitzkofel and the Hochstadel are formed of the Hauptdolomit, which also dominates the Dolomite mountains to the south. [3] However the Dolomite mountains lie to the south of the Periadriatic line and the Lienz Dolomites are located to the north of that structure so geologically they are part of the Central Eastern Alps rather than being part of the southern Alps. [4] [5] The whole sequence of rocks exposed in the Lienz Dolomites was thrust to the north in the course of the Alpine orogeny.

References

  1. ↑ Pause, Walter (1962). Salute the Mountains: The Hundred Best Walks in the Alps. George G. Harrap. pp. 160–161.
  2. ↑ "Lienz Dolomites - summitpost". summitpost.org. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Schlager, Von Wolfgang (1963). "Zur Geologie der ostlichen Lienzer Dolomiten – mit einer geologischen Karte" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft der Geologie- und Bergbaustudenten in Österreich. 13: 41–120. Retrieved 1 August 2025. see map: page 80
  4. ↑ Bartel, E.; Neubauer, F.; Heberer, B.; Genser, J. (2014). "States of paleostress north and south of the Periadriatic fault: Comparison of the Drau Range and the Friuli Southalpine wedge". Tectonophysics. 637: 305–327. Bibcode:2014Tectp.637..305B. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2014.10.019 . Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  5. ↑ Kovacs, Sandor; Sudar, Milan; Gradinaru, Eugen; Gawlick, Hans-Jürgen; Karamata, Stefan; Haas, Janos; Pero, Csaba; Gaetani, Maurizio; Mello, Jan; Polak, Marian; Aljinovic, Dunja; Ogorelic, Bogdan; Kolar-Jurkovsek, Tea; Kolar-Jurkovsek, Bogdan; Buser, Stanko (2011). "Triassic evolution of the tectonostratigraphic units in the Circum-Pannonian region" (PDF). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt. 151 (3): 199–280. ISSN   0016-7800 . Retrieved 1 August 2025.


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