Niedere Tauern

Niedere Tauern
Hochgolling (2,862 m)
Highest point
Peak	Hochgolling
Elevation	2,863 m (9,393 ft)
Coordinates	47°16′0″N 13°45′42″E / 47.26667°N 13.76167°E / 47.26667; 13.76167
Geography
<div style="padding:2px 2px 5px 2px;> Location within the Eastern Alps
Country	Austria
States	Salzburg and  Styria
Range coordinates	47°18′N 14°00′E / 47.3°N 14°E / 47.3; 14Coordinates: 47°18′N 14°00′E / 47.3°N 14°E / 47.3; 14
Parent range	Central Eastern Alps
Borders on	List Western Tauern Alps Northern Salzburg Alps Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps Northern Styrian Alps Styrian Prealps Carinthian-Styrian Alps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

The Niedere Tauern or Low Tauern (Slovene: Nizke Ture) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria.

For the etymology of the name, see Tauern.

Geography

The range forms a part of the main chain of the Alps. The highest peak of the Niedere Tauern is Mt. Hochgolling, part of the Schladming Tauern at 2,863 m (9,393 ft).

Important mountain pass roads include Radstadt Tauern Pass 1,738 m (5,702 ft)), Sölk Pass (1,788 m (5,866 ft), and Triebener Tauern Pass (1,274 m (4,180 ft)). The range is also crossed by the Tauern Autobahn (A10) through the Tauern Road Tunnel.

Borders

In the west and south the Murtörl mountain pass and the Mur River separate them from the Hohe Tauern mountain range, while in the east and north the Enns River and the Schober Pass marks the border to the Northern Limestone Alps.

Alpine Club classification

According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, the Low Tauern may be divided into four subgroups (from west to east):

• Radstadt Tauern (45a)
• Schladming Tauern (45b)
• Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern (45c)
• Seckau Tauern (45d).

The four groups listed above (the Radstadt Tauern, Schladming Tauern, Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern and Seckau Alps) are considered Alpine subsections.

Notable summits

Weißeck (2,711 m) from Zederhaus

Some notable summits of the range are:

Geology and environment

The Niedere Tauern mark the approximate eastern limit of the continuous ice sheet in the Alps during the Würm glaciation. Eastern parts of the group were therefore unglaciated, and served as an important refugium for silicicolous plants.

Winter sports

A number of skiing resorts are situated in the Niedere Tauern, including Obertauern and Schladming.

References

v t e Mountain ranges of the Central Eastern Alps according to the AVE Ankogel Group Glockner Group Goldberg Group Granatspitze Group Gurktal Alps Kitzbühel Alps Kreuzeck Group Lavanttal Alps Ötztal Alps Radstadt Tauern Prealps east of the Mur Rätikon Rieserferner Group Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern Samnaun Alps Sarntal Alps Schladming Tauern Schober Group Seckau Tauern Sesvenna Range Silvretta Stubai Alps Tux Alps Venediger Group Verwall Alps Villgraten Mountains Zillertal Alps