Virger Nordkette

The eastern ridge of the Hohen Eichhams is known as the Virger Nordkette . The Virger Nordkette got its name from its location as the northern border of the Virgen Valley or the municipality of Virgen . It is part of the Venediger group in the Eastern Alps . The eastern part of the Virger Nordkette is also called the Frosnitzkamm .

geology

Geologically, the Virger Nordkette belongs to the upper slate shell that lay over the gneiss core during the formation of the Alps . The upper Schieferhülle is lime mica and lime phyllite formed that are recognizable by pale yellow and lead-gray color. These rocks are recognizable as characteristic plates (boards) in the Virger Bretterwand. Due to the favorable hillside location in the south of the Nordkette, fertile soils formed that are used for alpine farming. Under the upper slate shell, the lower slate shell, which consists of flat-structured green rocks ( prasinites ) , connects .

course

The Virger Nordkette runs from the Virger Bretterwand in the east to the Hohen Eichham ( 3371  m ) in the west. The mountain peaks of the Virger Nordkette include the Ochsenbug and Kristallkopf ( 3007  m ), Bretterspitze ( 3001  m ), Mittereggspitze ( 3044  m ), Galtenkogel ( 2986  m ), Raukopf ( 3070  m ) and Säulkopf ( 3209  m ).

The Virger Nordkette (right picture area) seen from Lasörling

Footnotes

1. ^ Louis Oberwalder : Virgen in the Hohe Tauern National Park . Edition Löwenzahn, Innsbruck 1999, p. 25 f. ISBN 3-7066-2197-5 .

Coordinates: 47 ° 2 ′ 30 ″  N , 12 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  E