North Tyrol Limestone Alps

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North Tyrol Limestone Alps
Parseierspitze.jpg
Parseierspitze (3,036 m)
Highest point
Peak Parseierspitze
Elevation 3,036 m (9,961 ft)
Coordinates 47°10′28″N10°28′42″E / 47.17444°N 10.47833°E / 47.17444; 10.47833
Naming
Native nameNordtiroler Kalkalpen (German)
Geography
SOIUSA-Alpi Orientali-sezione21.png
North Tyrol Limestone Alps (section nr.21) within Eaestern Alps
Countries Austria and Germany
States Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Bavaria
Parent range Alps
Borders onNorthern Salzburg Alps, Bavarian Alps, Tyrol Schistose Alps, Western Rhaetian Alps and Eastern Rhaetian Alps
Geology
Orogeny Alpine orogeny
Type of rock Sedimentary rocks [1]

The North Tyrol Limestone Alps (Nordtiroler Kalkalpen in German) are a mountain range located in Austria and, marginally, in Germany.

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Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg and to the German state of Bavaria.

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 into six Alpine subsections: [2]

Notable summits

Kaisergebirge, view from south Kaisergebirge-sud.jpg
Kaisergebirge, view from south

Some notable summits of the range are:

Namemetresfeet
Parseierspitze 3,0369,961
Zugspitze 2,9619,718
Feuerspitze 2,8529,357
Birkkarspitze 2,7499,019
Rote Wand 2,7048,869
Hochwanner 2,7449,003
Ellmauer Halt 2,3447,690

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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.