The Western Tauern Alps (, ) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps.
Geography The range is bound by the Salzach river in the north; in the south the upper Drava and the Rienz in the Puster Valley form the border with the Southern Limestone Alps. In the west the Wipptal Valley up to the Brenner Pass and the course of the Eisack (Isarco) river separate it from the Eastern Rhaetian Alps. Administratively the Western Tauern Alps belong to the Austrian states of Tyrol, Salzburg and Carinthia and, in the southwest, to the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
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 = Central Eastern Alps section = Western Tauern Alps code = II/A-17
Subdivision The range is divided into four Alpine subsections: Zillertal Alps (; ) - SOIUSA code: II/A-17.I, High Tauern (; ) - SOIUSA code: II/A-17.II, Villgraten Mountains ( or Deferegger Alpen; ) - SOIUSA code: II/A-17.III, Kreuzeck group (; ) - SOIUSA code: II/A-17.IV.
Notable summits
Some notable summits of the range are: Nameelevation (m)Alpine subsectionGroßglockner3.798High TauernGroßvenediger3.666High TauernHochfeiler3.510Zillertal AlpsDreiherrnspitze3.499High TauernRötspitze3.495High TauernOlperer3.476Zillertal AlpsHochgall3.436High TauernGroßer Löffler3.376Zillertal AlpsHohe Wand3.289Zillertal AlpsWollbachspitze3.210Zillertal AlpsKitzsteinhorn3.203High TauernWilde Kreuzspitze3.134Zillertal AlpsGlockenkarkopf2.911Zillertal Alps
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