Tyrol Schistose Alps

The Tyrol Schistose Alps (Tiroler Schieferalpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountain ranges in a new, and as yet unadopted, classification of the Alps, located in Austria.

Tyrol Schistose Alps
Lizumer Reckner from North
Highest point
PeakLizumer Reckner
Elevation2,886 m (9,469 ft)
Coordinates47°08′39″N 11°37′50″E
Naming
Native nameTiroler Schieferalpen
Geography
Tyrol Schistose Alps (section nr.23) within Eaestern Alps
CountryAustria
States of AustriaSalzburg , Tyrol
Parent rangeAlps
Borders onNorth Tyrol Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Northern Salzburg Alps, Western Tauern Alps and Eastern Rhaetian Alps
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Type of rockSedimentary rocks[1]

Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Tyrol and, marginally, of Salzburg. The whole range is drained by the tributaries of the Danube river.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[2]

Subdivision

The range is divided in two Alpine subsections:[2]

Notable summits

Some notable summits of the range are:

Namemetresfeet
Lizumer Reckner2,8869,469
Glungezer2,6778,783
Kreuzjoch2,5888,392
Torhelm2,4948,182
Salzachgeier2,4698,100
Großer Galtenberg2,4247,953
Kellerjoch2,3447,690
Patscherkofel2,2467,369
Kitzbüheler Horn1,9966,549

References

  1. The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
  2. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
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