Kreuzeck group
| Kreuzeck group | |
|---|---|
 Fourteen Lakes and Mt. Hochkreuz, 2,709 m (8,888 ft) | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mölltaler Polinik |
| Elevation | 2,784 m (9,134 ft) |
| Coordinates | 46°53′46″N 13°09′24″E / 46.89611°N 13.15667°E |
| Geography | |
  Location within the Eastern Alps | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Carinthia |
| Parent range | Central Eastern Alps Western Tauern Alps High Tauern |
| Geology | |
| Type of rock | Gneiss, schist |
The Kreuzeck Group is a
Tyrol (i.e. East Tyrol
).
Geography
The Kreuzeck Group is geographically separated from the main chain of the High Tauern in the north by the
Möll valleys
, marks the western end.
The range is mainly composed of
mica-schists. The mountainous area (approximately 450 km2) is sparsely populated and used mainly for forestry and hunting. However, its tourism industry has improved in recent years. The area of the Reißeck municipality in the Möll valley is the site of the Reißeck-Kreuzeck hydroelectric power plant run by the Austrian Verbund company, whereby water is collected in several reservoirs
in the Kreuzeck range.
Though named after Mt. Kreuzeck (2,701 m or 8,862 ft), the highest peaks of the range are the Mölltaler Polinik (2,784 m or 9,134 ft), Striedenkopf (2,749 m or 9,019 ft), and Hochkreuz (2,709 m or 8,888 ft).
Classification
According to the
Rieserferner group, the Villgraten Mountains (Defereggen) and the Schober group forms the southern front of the High Tauern ranges, a section of the Alpine divide
.
According to the 2005 SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) proposal, the Kreuzeck group (II/A-17.IV.) is a subsection of the Western Tauern Alps.[1]
References
- ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
Literature
- Manfred Posch: Reißeck, Kreuzeck. Die schönsten Touren, Klagenfurt 2000, Kärntner Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H., ISBN 3-85391-176-5
- Rudolf Gritsch : Kleiner Führer Kreuzeck-, Reißeck- und Sadniggruppe. Rother-Verlag, Munich, 1977, ISBN 978-3763332434
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kreuzeck Group.
- "Kreuzeck Group". SummitPost.org.
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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