Ankogel Group

The Ankogel Group (German: Ankogelgruppe) is a sub-group of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Goldberg Group, the Glockner Group, the Schober Group, the Kreuzeck Group, the Granatspitze Group, the Venediger Group, the Villgraten Mountains and the Rieserferner Group the Ankogel Group forms the mountain range of the High Tauern. The Ankogel Group is located in the Austrian federal states of Salzburg and Carinthia. Its highest peak is the Hochalmspitze, 3,360 m AA

The Ankogel Group is the easternmost part of the High Tauern. The Low Tauern begin further east. The Ankogel Group gets its name from the mountain of Ankogel which is 3,252 m AA.

The Ankogel Group is further divided into the sub-groups of the Ankogel Massif, the Hochalmspitze Group, the Hafner Group and the Reißeck Group.

Neighbouring ranges

The Ankogel Group borders on the following other mountain ranges in the Alps:

• Salzburg Slate Alps (in the north)
• Radstädter Tauern (in the northeast)
• Nockberge (in the southeast)
• Gailtal Alps (in the south)
• Kreuzeck Group (in the southwest)
• Goldberg Group (in the west)

Peaks

All the named three-thousanders in the Ankogel Group:^[1]

References

1. ^ ÖK50 www.austrianmap.at

Source

• Liselotte Buchenauer, Peter Holl: Alpenvereinsführer Ankogel- und Goldberggruppe. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1986. ISBN 3-7633-1247-1

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