Tyrol Schistose Alps

Coordinates: 47°08′39″N 11°37′50″E / 47.14417°N 11.63056°E / 47.14417; 11.63056
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Tyrol Schistose Alps
Lizumer Reckner from North
Highest point
PeakLizumer Reckner
Elevation2,886 m (9,469 ft)
Coordinates47°08′39″N 11°37′50″E / 47.14417°N 11.63056°E / 47.14417; 11.63056
Naming
Native nameTiroler Schieferalpen (German)
Geography
Tyrol Schistose Alps (section nr.23) within Eaestern Alps
CountryAustria
States of AustriaSalzburg , Tyrol
Parent rangeAlps
Borders onNorth Tyrol Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Northern Salzburg Alps, Western Tauern Alps and Eastern Rhaetian Alps
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Type of rockSedimentary 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.

Geography[edit]

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[edit]

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[2]

Subdivision[edit]

The range is divided in two Alpine subsections:[2]

Notable summits[edit]

Kitzbüheler Horn, in the Kitzbühel Alps

Some notable summits of the range are:

Name metres feet
Lizumer Reckner 2,886 9,469
Glungezer 2,677 8,783
Kreuzjoch 2,588 8,392
Torhelm 2,494 8,182
Salzachgeier 2,469 8,100
Großer Galtenberg 2,424 7,953
Kellerjoch 2,344 7,690
Patscherkofel 2,246 7,369
Kitzbüheler Horn 1,996 6,549

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
  2. ^ a b Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.