The Northern Salzburg Alps (Salzburger Nordalpen in German) are a mountain range located in Austria.
Geography Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Salzburg and, marginally, to Styria and to the German state of Bavaria. The whole range is drained by 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: main part = Eastern Alps major sector = Northern Limestone Alps section = Northern Salzburg Alps code = II/B-24
Subdivision The range is divided into four Alpine subsections: Loferer und Leoganger Steinberge - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.I; Salzburger Schieferalpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.II; Berchtesgadener Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.III; Tennengebirge - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.IV;
Notable summits
Some notable summits of the range are:
Namemetresfeet Hochkönig 2,941 9,646 Watzmann 2,713 8,899 Selbhorn 2,655 8,708 Birnhorn 2,634 8,640 Raucheck 2,430 7,970 Hundstein 2,117 6,944
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