Salzburg Slate Alps
| Salzburg Slate Alps | |
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Burg Hohenwerfen | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Hundstein |
| Elevation | 2,117 m (6,946 ft) |
| Coordinates | 47°20′17″N 12°54′40″E / 47.33806°N 12.91111°E |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 60 km (37 mi) |
| Width | 10 km (6.2 mi) |
| Geography | |
.png) Salzburg Slate Alps (in red) within the Alps. Borders of the range according to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps | |
| Country | Salzburg |
| Range coordinates | 47°23′N 13°13′E / 47.39°N 13.21°E |
| Parent range | Northern Limestone Alps |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Paleozoic-Early Triassic |
| Type of rock | Greywacke zone/Werfen Formation |
The Salzburg Slate Alps (
Salzburg. Situated within the greywacke zone, they could be regarded either as part of the Northern Limestone Alps or of the Central Eastern Alps
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Geography
The range is located between the
Low Tauern ranges of the Alpine crest. The Salzburg Slate Alps stretch about 60 kilometres (37 mi) in west–east direction, from the Salzburg Pinzgau region, north of the Salzach, into the Pongau region and along the Enns river up to the border with Styria
.
This inner-Alpine Alpine Club Classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) based on its underlying rock, cannot be assigned from a geological perspective either to the Northern or the Central Alps, so it does not fit into the general tripartite division of the Eastern Alps and, as a result, is variously treated in the literature.
Subdivisions
From a topographic perspective there are two subgroups, separated by the Salzach river where it bends northwards near St Johann im Pongau:
- the Dienten Mountains (Dientener Berge), which are known in the region as slate mountains in the true sense, running from west of the Salzach to Lake Zell and including the Hundstein massif (2,117 m (AA)) and the Schneeberg-Hochglockner Group (Schneeberg-Hochglockner-Gruppe, (Schneebergkreuz 1,938 m above sea level (AA))
- the Fritztal Mountains (Fritztaler Berge), running from east of the Salzach to the Styrian border and the Dachstein massif, including the:
- Hochgründeck (1,821 m above sea level (AA)) in the triangle formed by Bischofshofen, St. Johann and Altenmarkt;
- Rossbrand (1,770 m above sea level (AA)), which runs from Altenmarkt to the Mandling Pass near Radstadt;
- Glutserberg, Halserberg and the Ramsauerleiten, three smaller regions that continue the Rossbrand to Schladming;
- Dachstein, and are morphologically less related to the Dachstein massif and more to its southwestern outlier
External links
Media related to Salzburg slate Alps at Wikimedia Commons
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