Tyrol Schistose Alps

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Tyrol Schistose Alps
Lizumer Reckner N.JPG
Lizumer Reckner from North
Highest point
Peak Lizumer Reckner
Elevation 2,886 m (9,469 ft)
Coordinates 47°08′39″N11°37′50″E / 47.14417°N 11.63056°E / 47.14417; 11.63056
Naming
Native nameTiroler Schieferalpen (German)
Geography
SOIUSA-Alpi Orientali-sezione23.png
Tyrol Schistose Alps (section nr.23) within Eaestern Alps
Country Austria
States of Austria Salzburg , Tyrol
Parent range Alps
Borders onNorth Tyrol Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Northern Salzburg Alps, Western Tauern Alps and Eastern Rhaetian Alps
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.

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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

Kitzbuheler Horn, in the Kitzbuhel Alps Kitzbueheler Horn.jpg
Kitzbüheler Horn, in the Kitzbühel Alps

Some notable summits of the range are:

Namemetresfeet
Lizumer Reckner 2,8869,469
Glungezer 2,6778,783
Kreuzjoch 2,5888,392
Torhelm 2,4948,182
Salzachgeier 2,4698,100
Großer Galtenberg 2,4247,953
Kellerjoch 2,3447,690
Patscherkofel 2,2467,369
Kitzbüheler Horn 1,9966,549

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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.