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The Northern Limestone Alps (German: Nördliche Kalkalpen), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany. The distinction from the latter group, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition.

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AVE classification of the Eastern Alps:
  Northern Limestone Alps
  Central Eastern Alps
  Southern Limestone Alps
  Western Limestone Alps
For other uses, see Northern Alps.
Northern Limestone Alps
Königssee Obersee near Berchtesgaden
Highest point
PeakParseierspitze
Elevation3,036 m (9,961 ft)
Coordinates47°10′28″N 10°28′42″E
Geography
CountriesAustria and Germany
StatesVienna, Lower Austria, Styria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Bavaria
Range coordinates47°20.5′N 14°13.3′E
Parent rangeEastern Alps
Geology
Age of rockPermian and Jurassic
Type of rockLimestone and dolomite

Geography


If viewed on a west–east axis, the Northern Limestone Alps extend from the Rhine valley and the Bregenz Forest in Vorarlberg, Austria in the west extending along the border between the German federal-state of Bavaria and Austrian Tyrol, through Salzburg, Upper Austria, Styria and Lower Austria and finally ending at the Wienerwald at the city-limits of Vienna in the east.

The highest peaks in the Northern Limestone Alps are the Parseierspitze (3,036 m/9,961 ft) in the Lechtal Alps,[1] and the Hoher Dachstein (2,996 m/9,826 ft). Other notable peaks in this range include the Zugspitze, (2,962 m/9,717 ft), located on the German-Austrian frontier and listed as the highest peak in Germany.


Alpine Club classification


Ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps according to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (from east to west):

Groups of the Northern Limestone Alps(purple lines showing international borders and the borders of Austrian states)
Groups of the Northern Limestone Alps
(purple lines showing international borders and the borders of Austrian states)

See also



References


  1. Reynolds, Kev (2010). Walking in the Alps, Cicerone, ISBN 978-1-85284-476-9.


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На других языках

[de] Nördliche Kalkalpen

Die Nördlichen Kalkalpen, abgekürzt NKA, sind ein geologischer Abschnitt der Ostalpen. Sie erstrecken sich über 500 Kilometer vom Alpenrheintal bis Wien und sind zwischen 20 und 50 Kilometer breit. Ihr Entstehungsgebiet befand sich am südöstlichen passiven Kontinentalrand Eurasiens, in dem vom Perm bis zur Oberkreide eine mehrere Kilometer mächtige Abfolge von überwiegend marinen Sedimentgesteinen zur Ablagerung kam. Ab dem Oberjura begann sich die Sedimenthaut von ihrer aus metamorphen, austroalpinen Gesteinen bestehenden Unterlage abzulösen und glitt zu Beginn der Oberkreide auf jüngere Sedimente des eurasischen Südrandes. Syntektonische Sedimentation und Deckenüberschiebungen hielten bis ins Paläogen an. Zwischen ihr und den Zentralalpen liegt die Grauwackenzone.[1]
- [en] Northern Limestone Alps

[fr] Préalpes orientales septentrionales

Les Préalpes orientales septentrionales constituent un ensemble des Alpes s'étendant au nord des Alpes orientales centrales, sur toute la longueur de l'Autriche (du Vorarlberg jusqu'à Vienne) en passant par l'extrême sud de l'Allemagne (Bavière). Elles sont dans le prolongement des Préalpes suisses (Préalpes appenzelloises).

[it] Alpi Nord-orientali

Le Alpi Nord-orientali (dette anche Alpi calcaree settentrionali - in tedesco Nördliche Kalkalpen, in inglese Northern Limestone Alps) sono una sezione[1] delle Alpi, in particolare delle Alpi orientali[2].

[ru] Северные Известняковые Альпы

Северные Известняковые Альпы[1] (Северные известковые Альпы[2], нем. Nördliche Kalkalpen) — система горных массивов, часть Альп на территории Австрии и на южной границе Германии.


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