Tyrol Schistose Alps

The Tyrol Schistose Alps (Tiroler Schieferalpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountain ranges in a new, and as yet unadopted, classification of the Alps, located in Austria.

Tyrol Schistose Alps
Lizumer Reckner from North
Highest point
Peak	Lizumer Reckner
Elevation	2,886 m (9,469 ft)
Coordinates	47°08′39″N 11°37′50″E
Naming
Native name	Tiroler Schieferalpen
Geography
Tyrol Schistose Alps (section nr.23) within Eaestern Alps
Country	Austria
States of Austria	Salzburg , Tyrol
Parent range	Alps
Borders on	North Tyrol Limestone Alps, Bavarian Alps, Northern Salzburg Alps, Western Tauern Alps and Eastern Rhaetian Alps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Type of rock	Sedimentary rocks[1]

Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Tyrol and, marginally, of Salzburg. The whole range is drained by the tributaries of the Danube river.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[2]

• main part = Eastern Alps
• major sector = Northern Limestone Alps
• section = Tyrol Schistose Alps
• code = II/B-23

Subdivision

The range is divided in two Alpine subsections:[2]

• Tux Alps (DE:Tuxer Alpen) - SOIUSA code:II/B-23.I;
• Kitzbühel Alps (DE:Kitzbüheler Alpen) - SOIUSA code:II/B-23.II.

Notable summits

Kitzbüheler Horn, in the Kitzbühel Alps

Some notable summits of the range are:

Name	metres	feet
Lizumer Reckner	2,886	9,469
Glungezer	2,677	8,783
Kreuzjoch	2,588	8,392
Torhelm	2,494	8,182
Salzachgeier	2,469	8,100
Großer Galtenberg	2,424	7,953
Kellerjoch	2,344	7,690
Patscherkofel	2,246	7,369
Kitzbüheler Horn	1,996	6,549

References

1. The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
2. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.