North Tyrol Limestone Alps
Appearance
North Tyrol Limestone Alps | |
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![]() Parseierspitze (3,036 m) | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Parseierspitze |
Elevation | 3,036 m (9,961 ft) |
Coordinates | 47°10′28″N 10°28′42″E / 47.17444°N 10.47833°E |
Naming | |
Native name | Nordtiroler Kalkalpen (German) |
Geography | |
Countries | Austria and Germany |
States | Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Bavaria |
Parent range | Alps |
Borders on | Northern 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.
Geography
[edit]Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg and to the German state of Bavaria.
SOIUSA classification
[edit]According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[2]
- main part = Eastern Alps
- major sector = Northern Limestone Alps
- section = North Tyrol Limestone Alps
- code = II/B-21
Subdivision
[edit]The range is divided into six Alpine subsections:[2]
- Lechtaler Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.I;
- Lechquellengebirge - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.II;
- Wettersteingebirge - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.III;
- Karwendel - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.IV;
- Brandenberger Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.V;
- Kaisergebirge - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.VI.
Notable summits
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Kaisergebirge-s%C3%BCd.jpg/300px-Kaisergebirge-s%C3%BCd.jpg)
Some notable summits of the range are:
Name | metres | feet |
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Parseierspitze | 3,036 | 9,961 |
Zugspitze | 2,961 | 9,718 |
Feuerspitze | 2,852 | 9,357 |
Birkkarspitze | 2,749 | 9,019 |
Rote Wand | 2,704 | 8,869 |
Hochwanner | 2,744 | 9,003 |
Ellmauer Halt | 2,344 | 7,690 |
References
[edit]- ^ The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
- ^ a b Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.