Central Eastern Alps
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| Central Eastern Alps | |
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Venediger group of the Hohe Tauern
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| Countries | Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia |
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| States | Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg, Carinthia, Styria, Graubünden, Bolzano-Bozen, Lombardy |
| Part of | Eastern Alps |
| Highest point | Piz Bernina |
| - elevation | 4,049 m (13,284 ft) |
| - coordinates | 46°22′56.6″N 9°54′29.2″E / 46.382389°N 9.908111°E |
| Geology | Gneiss, Slate |
| Orogeny | Alpine |
| Period | Mesozoic, Tertiary |
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Groups of the Central Eastern Alps
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The Central Eastern Alps (German: Österreichische Zentralalpen, Austrian Central Alps) are the core ranges of the Eastern Alps with the highest peaks, located between the Northern Limestone Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps, from which they differ in geological composition. They extend from the Bernina Range in Graubünden to the west as far as to the lower promontories east of the Mura river such as the Hochwechsel in Styria in the east.
Ranges of the Central Eastern Alps (from East to West):
- Mountains east of the Mura (including Hochwechsel, Fischbach Alps and Grazer Bergland (1)
- Lavanttal Alps (2)
- Niedere Tauern (3)
- Nock Mountains (4)
- Hohe Tauern (5)
- Kitzbühel Alps (6)
- Zillertal Alps (7)
- Tux Alps (8)
- Stubai Alps (9)
- Sarntal Alps (10)
- Ötztal Alps (11)
- Samnaun Alps (12)
- Verwall Alps (13)
- Rätikon (14)
- Silvretta (15)
- Sesvenna Range (16)
- Albula Range (17)
- Plessur Range (18)
- Oberhalbstein Range (19)
- Livigno Range (20)
- Bernina Range (21)
- Bergamo Alps (22)

