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 | |
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Lizumer Reckner from North | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Lizumer Reckner |
Elevation | 2,886 m (9,469 ft) |
Coordinates | 47°08′39″N 11°37′50″E |
Naming | |
Native name | Tiroler Schieferalpen (German) |
Geography | |
![]() Tyrol Schistose Alps (section nr.23) within Eaestern Alps
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Country | Austria |
States of Austria | Salzburg , Tyrol |
Parent range | Alps |
Borders on | North Tyrol Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Northern Salzburg Alps, Western Tauern Alps and Eastern Rhaetian Alps |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
Type of rock | Sedimentary rocks[1] |
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.
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[2]
The range is divided in two Alpine subsections:[2]
Some notable summits of the range are:
Name | metres | feet |
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Lizumer Reckner | 2,886 | 9,469 |
Glungezer | 2,677 | 8,783 |
Kreuzjoch | 2,588 | 8,392 |
Torhelm | 2,494 | 8,182 |
Salzachgeier | 2,469 | 8,100 |
Großer Galtenberg | 2,424 | 7,953 |
Kellerjoch | 2,344 | 7,690 |
Patscherkofel | 2,246 | 7,369 |
Kitzbüheler Horn | 1,996 | 6,549 |
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Western Alps |
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Eastern Alps |
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