Western Tauern Alps Peak Grossglockner Elevation 3,798 m (12,461 ft) Coordinates 47°04′29″N 12°41′42″E / 47.07472°N 12.69500°E / 47.07472; 12.69500 Western Tauern Alps (17) within Eastern Alps
Countries Austria and Italy States of Austria ,regions of Italy Tyrol , Carinthia , Salzburg ,Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Parent range Central Eastern Alps Borders on Eastern Rhaetian Alps, Southern Rhaetian Alps, Dolomites, Carnic and Gailtal Alps, Carinthian-Styrian Alps, Eastern Tauern Alps, Northern Salzburg Alps and Tyrol Schistose Alps Orogeny Alpine orogeny
The Western Tauern Alps (German : Westliche Tauernalpen , Italian : Alpi dei Tauri occidentali ) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps .
Geography
The range is bound by the Salzach river in the north; in the south the upper Drava and the Rienz in the Puster Valley form the border with the Southern Limestone Alps . In the west the Wipptal Valley up to the Brenner Pass and the course of the Eisack (Isarco ) river separate it from the Eastern Rhaetian Alps . Administratively the Western Tauern Alps belong to the Austrian states of Tyrol , Salzburg and Carinthia and, in the southwest, to the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol .
SOIUSA classification
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps ) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[ 1]
Subdivision
The range is divided into four Alpine subsections:[ 1]
Notable summits
The Dreiherrnspitze , on the Austrian-Italian border Some notable summits of the rang are:
References
^ a b Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8
