| Western Tauern Alps | |
| Country Type: | Countries |
| Subdivision2 Type: | States of Austria, regions of Italy |
| Subdivision2: | Tyrol, Carinthia, Salzburg, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
| Parent: | Central Eastern Alps |
| Highest: | Grossglockner |
| Elevation M: | 3798 |
| Coordinates: | 47.0747°N 12.695°W |
| Orogeny: | Alpine orogeny |
The Western Tauern Alps (German: Westliche Tauernalpen, Italian: Alpi dei Tauri occidentali) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps.
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.
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[1]
The range is divided into four Alpine subsections:
Some notable summits of the rang are:
| Name | elevatin (m) | Alpine subsection | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Großglockner | 3.798 | High Tauern | |
| Großvenediger | 3.666 | High Tauern | |
| Hochfeiler | 3.510 | Zillertal Alps | |
| Dreiherrnspitze | 3.499 | High Tauern | |
| Rötspitze | 3.495 | High Tauern | |
| Olperer | 3.476 | Zillertal Alps | |
| Hochgall | 3.436 | High Tauern | |
| Großer Löffler | 3.376 | Zillertal Alps | |
| Wollbachspitze | 3.210 | Zillertal Alps | |
| Kitzsteinhorn | 3.203 | High Tauern | |
| Wilde Kreuzspitze | 3.134 | Zillertal Alps | |
| Glockenkarkopf | 2.911 | Zillertal Alps |