Western Tauern Alps

The Western Tauern Alps (German: Westliche Tauernalpen, Italian: Alpi dei Tauri occidentali) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps.

Western Tauern Alps
The Grossglockner, the highest mountain of the range
Highest point
PeakGrossglockner
Elevation3,798 m (12,461 ft)
Coordinates47°04′29″N 12°41′42″E 
Geography
Western Tauern Alps (17) within Eastern Alps
CountriesAustria and Italy
States of Austria,
regions of Italy		Tyrol, Carinthia, Salzburg,
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Parent rangeCentral Eastern Alps
Borders on
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny

Geography

The range is bound by the Salzach river in the north; in the south the upper Drava and the Rienz in the Puster Valley form the border with the Southern Limestone Alps. In the west the Wipptal Valley up to the Brenner Pass and the course of the Eisack (Isarco) river separate it from the Eastern Rhaetian Alps. Administratively the Western Tauern Alps belong to the Austrian states of Tyrol, Salzburg and Carinthia and, in the southwest, to the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[1]

Subdivision

The range is divided into four Alpine subsections:[1]

Notable summits
The Dreiherrnspitze, on the Austrian-Italian border

Some notable summits of the rang are:

Nameelevatin (m)Alpine subsection
Großglockner3.798High Tauern
Großvenediger3.666High Tauern
Hochfeiler3.510Zillertal Alps
Dreiherrnspitze3.499High Tauern
Rötspitze3.495High Tauern
Olperer3.476Zillertal Alps
Hochgall3.436High Tauern
Großer Löffler3.376Zillertal Alps
Wollbachspitze3.210Zillertal Alps
Kitzsteinhorn3.203High Tauern
Wilde Kreuzspitze3.134Zillertal Alps
Glockenkarkopf2.911Zillertal Alps
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References
  1. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
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