The Southern Limestone Alps (Italian: Alpi Sud-orientali, German: Südliche Kalkalpen), also called the Southern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps mainly located in northern Italy and the adjacent lands of Austria and Slovenia. The distinction from the Central Alps, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition. The Southern Limestone Alps extend from the Sobretta-Gavia range in Lombardy in the west to the Pohorje in Slovenia in the east.

Southern Limestone Alps
Fanes group of the Dolomites
Highest point
Peak	Ortler
Elevation	3,905 m (12,812 ft)
Coordinates	46°30′32″N 10°32′42″E
Geography
Countries	Austria, Slovenia, Italy and Switzerland
States	Carinthia, East Tyrol, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Lombardy
Parent range	Eastern Alps
Geology
Age of rock	Mesozoic and Tertiary
Type of rock	Limestone and dolomite

Alpine Club classification

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

Physiography

The Southern Alps are a distinct physiographic section of the larger Alps province, which in turn is part of the larger Alpine System physiographic division.

See also

• Geography of the Alps
• Limestone Alps
• Northern Limestone Alps
• List of mountain groups in the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps

References

• Franz Graßler (1984), DAV; OeAV; AVS (eds.), "Alpenvereinseinteilung der Ostalpen (AVE): Alpenvereins-Jahrbuch", Berg '84 (in German), vol. 108, pp. 215–224
• Dr. Josef Moriggl (1928), Hauptausschuß des D. u. Ö. Alpenvereins (ed.), Ratgeber für Alpenwanderer in den Ostalpen: Mit Schutzhüttenverzeichnis (in German) (2 ed.), Munich

External links

• Media related to Southern Limestone Alps at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

[de] Südliche Kalkalpen

[fr] Préalpes orientales méridionales

[it] Alpi Sud-orientali

[ru] Южные известняковые Альпы