Hochschwab Mountains

Hochschwab

The Hochschwab range from the Schöckl
Highest point
Peak Hochschwab
Elevation 2,277 m (7,470 ft)
Dimensions
Length 40 km (25 mi)
Geography
State Styria, Austria
Range coordinates 47°37′N 15°08′E / 47.62°N 15.14°ECoordinates: 47°37′N 15°08′E / 47.62°N 15.14°E
Parent range Northern Limestone Alps

The Hochschwab, Hochschwab Mountains, Hochschwab Alps or Hochschwab Group (German: Hochschwabgruppe) is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps of Austria. The range is in the Styria. The highest peak is also called Hochschwab and is 2,277 metres above the Adriatic.

Location

The mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Northern Alps in the Austrian state of Styria.

According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) the range is bounded as follows:

Großreifling – Salza – Gußwerk – Wegscheid – Seeberg Saddle – Seegraben – Stübmingbach – Thörlbach to its confluence with the Mürz – Mürz to its confluence with the Mur – Mur to Leoben – Vordernberger Bach – Präbichl – Erzbach – HieflauEnns to Großreifling[1]

It includes:

The extensive limestone plateau covers an area of about 400 km² and is bounded in the east by the Seeberg Saddle and in the west by the Präbichl. Only this massif belongs to the high limestone peaks of the Northern Limestone Alps.

Customarily only the limestone alpine region is described as the Hochschwab Group.[2] The area classified systematically by the Alpine Clubs as the southern parts (along the significant orographic line of the valley), which have a completely different appearance, are known hereabouts as the Mürztal Alps or Mürz Hills (Mürzberge).

Alpine huts

Significant peaks

References

  1. Division of the Alps at bergalbum.de (private website)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 N.5, N.5a Hochschwabgruppe - Zeller Staritzen (Nordalpen), Umweltinformation Steiermark | Natur und Landschaft | Landschaftsgliederung

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