List of mountain groups in the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps

This list of the mountain groups in the Eastern Alps shows all 75 mountain groups and chains in the Eastern Alps as per the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) of 1984.

The Alpine Clubs divide the Eastern Alps into four regions which, in turn, are subdivided into mountain groups. The four regions are the Northern, Central, Southern, and Western (Eastern) Alps. With 27 groups each the Northern and Central regions of the Eastern Alps form the greater part of the Eastern Alps. There are 15 groups in the Southern Eastern Alps and six in the Western Eastern Alps.

The Eastern Alps lie on the territories of six countries: Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia. Austria has the largest share with 57 mountain groups within its borders. It is followed by Italy with 23 and Switzerland with ten. There are 7 mountain groups In Germany and 4 in Slovenia. Liechtenstein share part of one group.

The only four-thousander and highest mountain of the Eastern Alps is the Piz Bernina at 4,049 m. The Bernina Group is thus the highest of all the Eastern Alpine groups. Next come the Ortler Alps with the Ortler (3,905 m) as the highest peak in South Tyrol. The third-highest group is the Glockner Group with the highest summit in Austria: the Großglockner (3,798 m). Another 22 groups reach a height of over 3,000 metres. The only group in the Northern Eastern Alps with a three thousander is the Lechtal Alps with its Parseierspitze (3,036 m). Another 39 groups are over 2,000 metres high. Several of the groups exceed 1,000 metres and only one lies below this level: the Vienna Woods. Its highest mountain, the Schöpfl, is only 893 m high.

Legend AVE No.: the numbering of the group based on the Alpine Club classification (AVE). Numbers suffixed with lower case letters are groups that were further subdivided in 1984. These groups were part of a single unit before 1984. Name: name of the mountain group. Where names comprise two groups and where there are 2 articles in Wikipedia, both are shown. Map: Location map of the group in the Eastern Alps Location: the region within with the group falls Country: the country or countries within whose territory the mountain group lies. The country listed first is the one that contains the largest area of the mountain group. Highest mountain: name of the highest mountain in the group. If a group comprises two subgroups, the highest peak of both groups are named. The higher mountain is listed first. Height: height of the highest mountain in metres Image: image of the highest mountain

AVE 1984 By clicking the symbol in the header of a given column, the table will be sorted by that column.

AVE-No. Name Map Location Country Highest mountain Height (m) Image Bregenz Forest Mountains Glatthorn Austria a Lechquellen Mountains b Lechtal Alps Parseierspitze Wetterstein and Mieminger Chain Germany ZugspitzeHochplattig Karwendel Germany Birkkarspitze Brandenberg Alps (Rofangebirge) Hochiss a Ammergau Alps Austria Daniel b Bavarian Prealps Austria Krottenkopf Kaisergebirge Ellmauer Halt Leogang and Lofer Mountains BirnhornGroßes Ochsenhorn Berchtesgaden Alps Germany Chiemgau Alps Austria Sonntagshorn Salzburg Slate Alps Hundstein Tennen Mountains Raucheck Dachstein Mountains Totes Gebirge Ennstal Alps a Salzkammergut Mountains Gamsfeld b Upper Austrian Prealps Hochschwab Group Hochschwab Rax-Schneeberg Group Ybbstal Alps Gutenstein Alps Reisalpe Vienna Woods Austria Liechtenstein Schesaplana Silvretta Austria Samnaun Alps Switzerland Muttler Verwall Sesvenna Range Italy Austria Italy Wildspitze Stubai Alps Italy Sarntal Alps Hirzer Tux Alps Kitzbühel Alps Kreuzjoch Zillertal Alps Hochfeiler Venediger Group Großvenediger Rieserferner Group Austria Hochgall Villgraten Mountains Italy Granatspitze Group Glockner Group Schober Group Petzeck Goldberg Group Hocharn Kreuzeck Group Ankogel Group Hochalmspitze a b Schladming Tauern Hochgolling c Rettlkirchspitze d Seckau Tauern Geierhaupt a Gurktal Alps Eisenhut b Lavanttal Alps Slovenia Zirbitzkogel Prealps East of the Mur Stuhleck a Ortler Alps Switzerland Ortler b Sobretta-Gavia Group c Nonsberg Group Laugenspitze Adamello-Presanella Alps Presanella Garda Mountains Brenta Group Dolomites Marmolada Fleimstal Alps Vicentine Alps Gailtal Alps a Carnic Main Crest Austria b Southern Carnic Alps Julian Alps Italy Triglav Karawanks and Pohorje Slovenia Italy HochstuhlČrni Vrh Stein Alps Austria Grintovec Plessur Alps Oberhalbstein Alps Italy Albula Alps Bernina Group Switzerland Livigno Alps Switzerland Bergamasque Alps 1 In 1984, counted as part of the Dolomites (52) and the Southern Carnic Alps (57b). 2 Regions that do not describe the Eastern Alps. The AVE number was used by the German and Austrian Alpine Clubs in the sorting key of their hut guides.

Literature Franz Graßler: Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE). In: DAV, OeAV, AVS (ed.): Berg '84. Alpine Club Yearbook, Vol. 108, 1984, pp. 215–224,

External links

Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps with boundaries of the individual regions