Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps
Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Hoher Dachstein |
Elevation | 2,995 m (9,826 ft) |
Coordinates | 47°28′32″N 13°36′23″E / 47.47556°N 13.60639°E |
Naming | |
Native name | Oberösterreichisch-Salzkammerguter Alpen (German) |
Geography | |
Country | Austria |
States of Austria | Upper Austria, Salzburg and Styria |
Parent range | Alps |
Borders on | Northern Salzburg Alps, Northern Styrian Alps, Northern Lower Austria Alps and Eastern Tauern Alps |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
Rock type | Sedimentary rocks[1] |
The Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps (Oberösterreichisch-Salzkammerguter Alpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountains in a new classification of the Alps, which are located in Austria.
Etymology
[edit]Salzkammergut is the name of a historical territory and literally means Estate of the Salt Chamber; it derives from the Imperial Salt Chamber, the authority charged with running the precious salt mines in the Habsburg empire. [2]
Geography
[edit]Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Upper Austria, Salzburg and, marginally, to Styria. 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:[3]
- main part = Eastern Alps
- major sector = Northern Limestone Alps
- section = Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps
- code = II/B-25
Subdivision
[edit]The range is divided into four Alpine subsections:[3]
- Dachstein mountains (De:Dachsteingebirge) – SOIUSA code:II/B-25.I;
- Salzkammergut mountains (De:Salzkammergut-Berge) – SOIUSA code:II/B-25.II;
- Totes mountains (De:Totes Gebirge) – SOIUSA code:II/B-25.III;
- Upper Austrian Prealps (De:Oberösterreichische Voralpen) – SOIUSA code:II/B-25.IV.
Notable summits
[edit]Some notable summits of the range are:
Name | metres | feet |
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Hoher Dachstein | 2,995 | 8,924 |
Großer Priel | 2,515 | 8,251 |
Grimming | 2,351 | 7,711 |
Gamsfeld | 2,027 | 6,649 |
Hoher Sarstein | 1,975 | 6,440 |
Hoher Nock | 1,963 | 6,438 |
References
[edit]- ^ The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
- ^ Speakman, Fleur; Colin Speakman (1989). Walking in the Salzkammergut: Holiday Rambles in Austria's Lake District. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 11.
- ^ a b Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.