Northern Styrian Alps | |
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The Hochtor, in the foreground the Hesshütte | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Hochtor |
Elevation | 2,369 m (7,772 ft) |
Coordinates | 47°33′44″N14°38′01″E / 47.56222°N 14.63361°E Coordinates: 47°33′44″N14°38′01″E / 47.56222°N 14.63361°E |
Naming | |
Native name | Steirische Nordalpen |
Geography | |
Country | Austria |
States of Austria | Styria, Upper Austria and Lower Austria |
Parent range | Alps |
Borders on | Styrian Prealps, Eastern Tauern Alps, Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps and Northern Lower Austria Alps |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
Type of rock | Sedimentary rocks [1] |
The Northern Styrian Alps (Steirische Nordalpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountain ranges in an as-yet-unadopted classification of the Alps located in Austria.
Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Styria and, marginally, to Upper Austria and Lower Austria. The whole range is drained by the Danube river.
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way: [2]
The range is divided in two Alpine subsections: [2]
These subsections are further subdivided in supergroups as it follows:
Some notable summits of the range are:
Name | metres | feet |
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Hochtor | 2,369 | 7,770 |
Hochschwab | 2,278 | 7,472 |
Klosterwappen | 2,076 | 6,809 |
Hohe Veitsch | 1,981 | 6,498 |
Messnerin | 1,835 | 6,019 |
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