Northern Limestone Alps
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| Northern Limestone Alps | |
| Range | |
 Königssee Obersee near Berchtesgaden
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| Countries | Austria, Germany |
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| States | Vienna, Lower Austria, Styria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Bavaria |
| Part of | Eastern Alps |
| Highest point | Parseierspitze |
| - elevation | 3,036 m (9,961 ft) |
| - coordinates | 47°10′28″N 10°28′42″E / 47.17444°N 10.47833°E |
| Geology | Limestone, Dolomite |
| Period | Permian, Jurassic |
 Groups of the Northern Limestone Alps
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The Northern Limestone Alps (German: Nördliche Kalkalpen) are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in the alpine states of Austria and Germany. The distinction from the latter group, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition. If viewed on a west-east axis, the Northern Limestone Alps extend from the Rhine valley and the Bregenzerwald in Vorarlberg, Austria in the west along the border between the German federal-state of Bavaria and Austrian Tyrol, through Salzburg, Upper Austria, Styria and Lower Austria to 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, 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.
Ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps (from East to West):
- Wienerwald (1)
- Gutenstein Alps (2)
- Rax and Schneeberg (3)
- Mürzsteg Alps (Schneealpe)(4)
- Türnitz Alps (5)
- Ybbstal Alps (6)
- Hochschwab (7)
- Ennstaler Alpen (including Gesäuse) (8)
- Upper Austrian foothills (9)
- Totes Gebirge (10)
- Dachstein (11)
- Salzkammergut (12)
- Tennengebirge (13)
- Berchtesgaden Alps (14)
- Loferer Steinberge and Leoganger Steinberge (15)
- Chiemgau Alps (16)
- Kaisergebirge (17)
- Rofangebirge, Brandenberg Alps (18)
- Bavarian Prealps (Mangfallgebirge, Estergebirge etc.) (19)
- Karwendel (20)
- Wetterstein (21)
- Ammergau Alps (22)
- Allgäu Alps (23)
- Lechtal Alps (24)
- Lechquellengebirge (25)
- Bregenzerwald (26)
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Coordinates: 47°20′31″N 14°13′18″E / 47.34194°N 14.22167°E
