North Tyrolean Limestone Alps

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North Tyrolean Limestone Alps
The North Tyrolean Limestone Alps (section 21) according to SOIUSA within the Eastern Alps

The North Tyrolean Limestone Alps (section 21) according to SOIUSA within the Eastern Alps

the Parseierspitze, the highest peak in the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps

the Parseierspitze , the highest peak in the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps

Highest peak Parseierspitze ( 3040  m above sea level )
location Vorarlberg and Tyrol ( Austria ),
Bavaria ( Germany )
part of Northern Eastern Alps
Classification according to SOIUSA : 21
Coordinates 47 ° 20 ′  N , 11 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 47 ° 20 ′  N , 11 ° 0 ′  E

The North Tyrolean Limestone Alps are a section of the Northern Eastern Alps in the international standardized orographic division of the Alps (SOIUSA) according to Sergio Marazzi .

classification

Classification according to SOIUSA
part II Eastern Alps
sector II / B Northern Eastern Alps
section 21st North Tyrolean Limestone Alps

The North Tyrolean Limestone Alps have no direct equivalent in other classification systems. The subsections of the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps each correspond to a group of the Alpine Association classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) . The Partizione delle Alpi uses the term Bavarian Alps for the entire area of ​​the SOIUSA sections of the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps and Bavarian Alps west of the Inn .

Boundary

The limit of the North Tyrolean Limestone Alps runs in a clockwise direction along the line Lutz - Seebergbach - Faschinabach - Faschinajoch - Argenbach - Bregenzer Ach - Hochtannbergpass - Krumbach - Lech - Archbach - Plansee - Heiterwanger See - Zwischenentoren - Loisach - Partnach - Kankerbach - Köchelgraben - Kranzbach - Isar - Seeache - Ampelsbach - Filzmoosbach - Gufferthütte - Sattelbach - Bairache - Brandenberger Ache - Ellbach - Glemmbach - Thierseer Ache / Klausenbach / Kieferbach - Inn - Jennbach - Walchsee - Walchseebach - Weißenbach - Kohlenbach - Großache - Reither Ache - Goinger Bach - Ellmauer Sattel - Weißache - Inn - Sanna - Rosanna - Arlbergpass - Alfenz - Ill .

Adjacent Sections
The Bavarian Alps
Neighboring mountains Salzburg Northern Alps
Western Rhaetian Alps Eastern Rhaetian Alps Tyrolean Slate Alps

Breakdown

The North Tyrolean Limestone Alps are divided into three sectors and six subsections.

sector Subsection Correspondence in the AVE Highest peak height
A. Lechtal Alps i. w. S.
(Western North Tyrolean Limestone Alps) 		I. Lechtal Alps i. e. S. 3b Lechtal Alps Parseier point 3036  m above sea level A.
II Klostertal Alps
( Lechquellen Mountains ) 		3a Lechquellen Mountains Lower Wildgrubenspitze 2753  m above sea level A.
B. Innsbruck Alps
(Central North Tyrolean Limestone Alps) 		III Mieminger and Wetterstein Mountains 4th Wetterstein Mountains and Mieming Range Zugspitze 2962  m
IV Karwendel Mountains i. w. S.
(Karwendel and Risser Mountains) 		5 Karwendel Birkkarspitze 2749  m above sea level A.
C. Rofan and Kaiser Mountains
(Eastern North Tyrolean Limestone Alps) 		V Brandenberg Alps
(Rofan Mountains i. W. S.) 		6th Brandenberg Alps Hochiss 2299  m above sea level A.
VI Kaiser Mountains 8th Kaiser Mountains Ellmauer stop 2344  m above sea level A.

literature

  • Sergio Marazzi : Atlante orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA - Suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del Sistema Alpino . 1st edition. Priuli & Verlucca, Scarmagno 2005, ISBN 88-8068-273-3 (Italian, abstract [PDF; 1.6 MB ; accessed on December 26, 2016]).