Ankogel Group
| Ankogel Group | |
|---|---|
 Seebach Valley near Mallnitz with Hochalmspitze | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Hochalmspitze |
| Elevation | 3,360 m above sea level (AA) |
| Geography | |
  Location within the Eastern Alps | |
| Country | Hohe Tauern |
The Ankogel Group (
Hohe Tauern
(High Tauern).
The Ankogel Group is located in the Austrian federal states of
Carinthia. Its highest peak is the Hochalmspitze, 3,360 m (AA)
(11,020 ft).
Geography
The Ankogel Group is the easternmost mountain group of the High Tauern and lies on the main chain of the Alps. The Lower Tauern begin further east. The range gets its name from the Ankogel mountain. 3,252 m (10,669 ft).
The Ankogel Group can be further divided into the sub-groups of the Ankogel Massif, the Hochalmspitze Group, the
Möll Valley. It comprises the picturesque Maltatal ("valley of falling waters") with the Fallbach Waterfall and the Kölnbrein Dam
.
Neighbouring ranges
The Ankogel Group borders on the following other mountain ranges in the Eastern Alps:
- Goldberg Group (in the west)
- Kreuzeck Group(in the southwest)
(both also part of the High Tauern)
- Salzburg Slate Alps, lying north of the Salzach River
- Radstädter Tauern, lying northeast of the MurRiver
- Nock Mountains, lying beyond the Lieser Valley in the east
- Gailtal Alps, south of the Drava,
part of the Southern Limestone Alps.
Peaks
All the named three-thousanders in the Ankogel Group:[1]
- Hochalmspitze 3,360 m above sea level (AA)
- Großelendkopf 3,317 m above sea level (AA)
- Großer Ankogel 3,252 m above sea level (AA)
- Jochspitze 3,179 m above sea level (AA)
- Schwarzkopf 3,171 m above sea level (AA)
- Zsigmondyspitze 3,152 m above sea level (AA)
- Preimlspitz 3,133 m above sea level (AA)
- Steinerne Mandln 3,125 m above sea level (AA)
- Winkelspitz 3,112 m above sea level (AA)
- Oberlercherspitze 3,107 m above sea level (AA)
- Kordonspitze 3,102 m above sea level (AA)
- Kleiner Ankogel 3,096 m above sea level (AA)
- Säuleck 3,086 m above sea level (AA)
- Großer Hafner 3,076 m above sea level (AA)
- Elendköpfe 3,070 m above sea level (AA)
- Großer Sonnblick 3,030 m above sea level (AA)
- Lanischeck 3,024 m above sea level (AA)
- Kleiner Hafner 3,018 m above sea level (AA)
- Schneewinkelspitze 3,016 m above sea level (AA)
- Tischlerkarkopf 3,004 m above sea level (AA)
- Tischlerspitze 3,002 m above sea level (AA)
- Grubenkarkopf 3,001 m above sea level (AA)
- Mittlerer Sonnblick 3,000 m above sea level (AA)
References
- ^ ÖK50 www.austrianmap.at
Sources
- Liselotte Buchenauer, Peter Holl: Alpenvereinsführer Ankogel- und Goldberggruppe. ISBN 3-7633-1247-1
External links
Media related to Ankogel Group at Wikimedia Commons
Subgroups of the High Tauern according to the AVE (from west to east) | ||
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Mountain ranges of the Central Eastern Alps according to the AVE | ||
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