Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps

Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps
Hoher Sarstein as seen from Bad Goisern
Highest point
Peak	Hoher Dachstein
Elevation	2,995 m (9,826 ft)
Coordinates	47°28′32″N 13°36′23″E
Naming
Native name	Oberösterreichisch-Salzkammerguter Alpen (German)
Geography
Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps (section nr.25) within Eaestern Alps
Country	Austria
States of Austria	Upper Austria, Salzburg and Styria
Parent range	Alps
Borders on	Northern Salzburg Alps, Northern Styrian Alps, Northern Lower Austria Alps and Eastern Tauern Alps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Rock type	Sedimentary rocks[1]

The Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps (Oberösterreichisch-Salzkammerguter Alpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountains in a new classification of the Alps, which are located in Austria.

Etymology

Salzkammergut is the name of a historical territory and literally means Estate of the Salt Chamber; it derives from the Imperial Salt Chamber, the authority charged with running the precious salt mines in the Habsburg empire. [2]

Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Upper Austria, Salzburg and, marginally, to Styria. 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:[3]

• main part = Eastern Alps
• major sector = Northern Limestone Alps
• section = Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps
• code = II/B-25

Subdivision

The range is divided into four Alpine subsections:[3]

• Dachstein mountains (De:Dachsteingebirge) – SOIUSA code:II/B-25.I;
• Salzkammergut mountains (De:Salzkammergut-Berge) – SOIUSA code:II/B-25.II;
• Totes mountains (De:Totes Gebirge) – SOIUSA code:II/B-25.III;
• Upper Austrian Prealps (De:Oberösterreichische Voralpen) – SOIUSA code:II/B-25.IV.

Notable summits

The Grimming in winter

Gennerhorn, Gruberhorn and Regenspitz, in the Salzkammergut Mountains

Some notable summits of the range are:

Name	metres	feet
Hoher Dachstein	2,995	8,924
Großer Priel	2,515	8,251
Grimming	2,351	7,711
Gamsfeld	2,027	6,649
Hoher Sarstein	1,975	6,440
Hoher Nock	1,963	6,438

References

1. The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
2. Speakman, Fleur; Colin Speakman (1989). Walking in the Salzkammergut: Holiday Rambles in Austria's Lake District. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 11.
3. Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.