Northern Limestone Alps

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The Northern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps. The distinction from the latter group, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition. The Northern Limestone Alps extend from the Bregenzerwald in Vorarlberg in the west to the Wienerwald in Lower Austria and Vienna in the east.

The highest peaks in the Northern Limestone Alps are Parseier Spitze (3,038 m) in the Lechtal Alps, and Dachstein (2,996 m).

Ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps (from East to West):

• *Wienerwald (1)
• *Gutenstein Alps (2)
• *Rax and Schneeberg (3)
• *Mürzsteg Alps (Schneealpe)(4)
• *Türnitz Alps (5)
• *Ybbstal Alps (6)
• *Hochschwab (7)
• *Ennstal Alps (including Gesäuse) (8)
• *Upper Austrian Foothills (9)
• *Totes Gebirge (10)
• *Dachstein (11)
• *Alps of the Salzkammergut (12)
• *Tennengebirge (13)
• *Berchtesgaden Alps (14)
• *Lofer Stone Mountains and Leogang Stone Mountains (15)
• *Chiemgau Alps (16)
• *Kaisergebirge (17)
• *Rofangebirge, Brandenberg Alps (18)
• *Bavarian Prealps (''Mangfall Mountains, Estergebirge etc) (19)
• *Karwendel (20)
• *Wetterstein Mountains (21)
• *Ammergau Alps (22)
• *Allgäu Alps (23)
• *Lechtal Alps (24)
• *Lechquellengebirge (25)
• *Bregenzerwald (26) (on groups 13-26 also see The Alps of Bavaria, the Vorarlberg, and Salzburg)

The Alps of Bavaria, the Vorarlberg, and Salzburg

The chief peaks of the Alps of Bavaria, Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg and Styria, north of the Arlberg Pass, Innsbruck, the Pinzgau, and the Enns valley, are:

Parseierspitze	3038 meters	(9968 feet)		Watzmann	2713 meters	(8901 feet)
High Dachstein	2996 meters	(9830 feet)		Rothewandspitze	2706 meters	(8878 feet)
Zugspitze	2962 meters	(9718 feet)		Großer Krottenkopf (Allgäu Alps)	2657 meters	(8718 feet)
Hochkönig	2938 meters	(9639 feet)		Selbhorn	2655 meters	(8711 feet)
Valluga	2811 meters	(9223 feet)		Hohes Licht	2652 meters	(8701 feet)
Rockspitze	2761 meters	(9059 feet)		Mädelegabel	2646 meters	(8681 feet)
E. Hohe Griesspitze	2759 meters	(9052 feet)		Hochkalter	2607 meters	(8552 feet)
Stanskogel	2759 meters	(9052 feet)		Hochvogel	2594 meters	(8511 feet)
Birkkarspitze (Karwendel)	2756 meters	(9042 feet)		Ellmauer Halt (Kaisergebirge)	2344 meters	(7691 feet)
Hochwanner	2745 meters	(9004 feet)

The chief passes of the Alps of Bavaria, the Vorarlberg, and Salzburg, north of the Arlberg Pass, Innsbruck, the Pinzgau, and the Enns valley, are:

Gentschel Pass (Oberstdorf to Schröcken), bridle path	1975 meters	(6480 feet)
Schrofen Pass (Oberstdorf to Warth), foot path	1688 meters	(5538 feet)
Gerlospass (Zell to Mittersill), bridle path	1486 meters	(4876 feet)
Pass Thurn (Kitzbühel to Mittersill), carriage road	1275 meters	(4183 feet)
Fernpass (Reutte to Nassereith), carriage road	1227 meters	(4026 feet)
Scharnitz or Seefeld Pass (Partenkirchen to Zirl), carriage road	1181 meters	(3874 feet)
Hirschbühel Pass (Berchtesgaden to Saalfelden), carriage road	1176 meters	(3858 feet)
Grießen-Pass (Saalfelden to Fieberbrunn), railway over	967 meters	(3173 feet)
Wagreiner Höhe (Radstadt to St. Johann im Pongau), carriage road	952 meters	(3123 feet)
Pyhrn-Pass (Linz to Liezen), carriage road over, railway tunnel beneath	945 meters	(3100 feet)

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