Northern Styrian Alps
Appearance
Northern Styrian Alps | |
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The Hochtor, in the foreground the Hesshütte | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Hochtor |
Elevation | 2,369 m (7,772 ft) |
Coordinates | 47°33′44″N 14°38′01″E / 47.56222°N 14.63361°E |
Naming | |
Native name | Steirische Nordalpen (German) |
Geography | |
Country | Austria |
States of Austria | Styria, Upper Austria and Lower Austria |
Parent range | Alps |
Borders on | Styrian Prealps, Eastern Tauern Alps, Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps and Northern Lower Austria Alps |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
Type of rock | Sedimentary rocks[1] |
The Northern Styrian Alps (Steirische Nordalpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountain ranges in an as-yet-unadopted classification of the Alps located in Austria.
Geography
[edit]Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Styria and, marginally, to Upper Austria and Lower Austria. The whole range is drained by the Danube river.
SOIUSA classification
[edit]According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[2]
- main part = Eastern Alps
- major sector = Northern Limestone Alps
- section = Northern Styrian Alps
- code = II/B-26
Subdivision
[edit]The range is divided in two Alpine subsections:[2]
- Ennstal Alps - SOIUSA code:II/B-26.I;
- North-eastern Styrian Alps - SOIUSA code:II/B-26.II;
These subsections are further subdivided in supergroups as it follows:
- Ennstal Alps:
- supergroup Haller Mauern - SOIUSA code:II/B-26.I-A,
- supergroup Gesäuse - SOIUSA code:II/B-26.I-B,
- supergroup Eisenerzer Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-26.I-C.
- North-eastern Styrian Alps:
- supergroup Hochschwabgruppe - SOIUSA code:II/B-26.II-A,
- supergroup Mürzsteger Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-26.II-B,
- supergroup Rax-Schneeberg-Gruppe - SOIUSA code:II/B-26.II-C.
Notable summits
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Schneealpenpanorama_Apr2005.jpg/350px-Schneealpenpanorama_Apr2005.jpg)
Some notable summits of the range are:
Name | metres | feet |
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Hochtor | 2,369 | 7,770 |
Hochschwab | 2,278 | 7,472 |
Klosterwappen | 2,076 | 6,809 |
Hohe Veitsch | 1,981 | 6,498 |
Messnerin | 1,835 | 6,019 |
References
[edit]- ^ The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
- ^ a b Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.