Schladming Tauern
Schladming Tauern | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Hochgolling |
Elevation | 2,862 m (9,390 ft) |
Geography | |
Location | Styria, Salzburg, Austria |
Range coordinates | 47°16′N 13°46′E / 47.27°N 13.76°ECoordinates: 47°16′N 13°46′E / 47.27°N 13.76°E |
The Schladming Tauern[1][2] (German: Schladminger Tauern) are a subrange of the Austrian Central Alps within the Eastern Alps. Together with the Radstadt Tauern, the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern and the Seckau Tauern the Schladming Tauern form the major range known as the Low Tauern. The mountains are located in Austria in the federal states of Salzburg and Styria. Its highest peak, at 2,862 m is the Hochgolling.
Location
The Schladming Tauern are located in the middle of the Low Tauern between the Sölk Pass in the east and the top of the Tauern Pass in the west. The name comes from the town of Schladming in the Enns valley.
Neighbouring ranges
The Schladming Tauern border on the following other mountain ranges of the Alps:
- Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern (to the east)
- Nock Mountains (to the south)
- Radstadt Tauern (to the west)
- Salzburg Slate Alps (to the northwest)
- Dachstein Mountains (to the north)
Subdivision
The Schladming Tauern are divided into six subgroups which are (from west to east), the:
- Seekarspitze Group between the Radstadt Tauern (1,738 m above sea level (AA)) and the Oberhütten Saddle (1,866 m above sea level (AA)):
- Großes Gurpitscheck (2,526 m above sea level (AA))
- Gamskarlspitze (2,411 m above sea level (AA))
- Seekarspitze (2,350 m above sea level (AA))
- Kalkspitze Group between the Oberhütten Saddle (1,866 m above sea level (AA)) and the Lignitzhöhe (2,205 m above sea level (AA)) :
- Hundstein (2,614 m above sea level (AA))
- Vetternspitzen (2,524 m above sea level (AA))
- Styrian and Lungauer Kalkspitze (2,459 m above sea level (AA))
- Hochgolling Group between Lignitzhöhe (2,205 m above sea level (AA)) and Waldhorntörl (2,283 m above sea level (AA)):
- Hochgolling (2,862 m above sea level (AA))
- Kasereck (2,740 m above sea level (AA))
- Elendberg (2,672 m above sea level (AA))
- Zwerfenberg (2,642 m above sea level (AA))
- Hocheck (2,638 m above sea level (AA))
- Greifenberg (2,618 m above sea level (AA))
- Hochwildstellen Group between the Waldhorntörl (2,283 m above sea level (AA)) and the Lanschitzscharte (2,345 m above sea level (AA)) :
- Hochwildstelle (2,747 m above sea level (AA))
- Waldhorn (2,702 m above sea level (AA))
- Deichselspitze (2,684 m above sea level (AA))
- Hohes Schareck (2,575 m above sea level (AA))
- Preber Group between the Lanschitzscharte (2,345 m above sea level (AA)) and the Hubenbauertörl (2,051 m above sea level (AA)) :
- Roteck (2,742 m above sea level (AA))
- Preber (2,740 m above sea level (AA))
- Predigtstuhl (2,543 m above sea level (AA))
- Knallstein Group between the Hubenbauertörl (2,051 m above sea level (AA)) and the Sölk Pass (1,788 m above sea level (AA)):
- Großer Knallstein (2,599 m above sea level (AA))
- Ruprechtseck (2,591 m above sea level (AA))
References
- ↑ The Schladming Tauern at travel.michelin.com. Accessed on 10 Mar 2013.
- ↑ Outline of the geology of Austria and selected excursions, Volumes 34-35. Geologische Bundesanstalt (Austria), 1980. pp. 62/3. ISBN 978-3-9003-1207-7.
Literature
- Peter Holl: Alpenvereinsführer Niedere Tauern, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1983. ISBN 3-7633-1231-5
External links
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