Northern Salzburg Alps Explained

Northern Salzburg Alps
Country Type:	Countries
Subdivision2 Type:	States of Austria, States of Germany
Subdivision2:	Salzburg, Styria, Bavaria
Parent:	Alps
Highest:	Hochkönig
Elevation M:	2941
Coordinates:	47.4206°N 13.0631°W
Geology:	Sedimentary rocks^[1]
Orogeny:	Alpine orogeny

The Northern Salzburg Alps (Salzburger Nordalpen in German) are a mountain range located in Austria.

Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Salzburg and, marginally, to Styria and to the German state of Bavaria.The whole range is drained by the Danube river.

SOIUSA classification

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 Salzburg Alps
• code = II/B-24

Subdivision

The range is divided into four Alpine subsections:

• Loferer und Leoganger Steinberge - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.I;
• Salzburger Schieferalpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.II;
• Berchtesgadener Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.III;
• Tennengebirge - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.IV;

Notable summits

Some notable summits of the range are:

Name	metres	feet
Hochkönig	2,941	9,646
Watzmann	2,713	8,899
Selbhorn	2,655	8,708
Birnhorn	2,634	8,640
Raucheck	2,430	7,970
Hundstein	2,117	6,944

Notes and References

1. The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
2. Book: Marazzi , Sergio . Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA. Priuli & Verlucca. 2005. Italian. 978-88-8068-273-8.