Lower Tauern

Template:Geobox The Niedere Tauern or Low Tauern (Template:Lang-sl) are a mountain range in central Austria, part of the Central Eastern Alps. They are also named Eastern Tauern Alps (Template:Lang-de)^[1].

Geography

The range lies on the main chain of the Alps in in the states of Salzburger Land and Styria.

The highest mountain in the Niedere Tauern is the Hochgolling, part of the Schladminger Tauern at 2,863 m (9,393 ft).

Borders

In the west and south the Murtörl mountain pass and the Mur River separate them from the Hohe Tauern mountain range, while in the east and north the Enns River and the Schober Pass marks the border to the Northern Limestone Alps.

Austrian Alpine Club classification

According to the Österreichischer Alpenverein (Austrian Alpine Club) the Niedere Tauern may be divided into four groups (from west to east):

Radstädter Tauern
Schladminger Tauern
Rottenmanner and Wölzer Tauern
Seckauer Alpen.

SOIUSA classification

In the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the range is considered an Alpine section, classified in the following way^[1]:

main part = Eastern Alps
major sector = Central Eastern Alps
section = Eastern Tauern Alps (German:Östliche Tauernalpen)
code = II/A-18.

The four groups listed above (Radstädter Tauern, Schladminger Tauern, Rottenmanner and Wölzer Tauern and Seckauer Alpen) are considered Alpine subsections.

Notable summits

Some notable summits of the range are:

Name	elevation (m)	subsection
Weißeck	2,711	Radstädter Tauern
Mosermandl	2,680	Radstädter Tauern
Hochfeind	2,687	Radstädter Tauern
Großes Gurpitscheck	2,526	Schladminger Tauern
Hundstein	2,614	Schladminger Tauern
Hochgolling	2,862	Schladminger Tauern
Hochwildstelle	2,747	Schladminger Tauern
Roteck	2,742	Schladminger Tauern
Großer Knallstein	2,599	Schladminger Tauern
Rettlkirchspitze	2,475	Rottenmanner und Wölzer Tauern
Großer Bösenstein	2,125	Rottenmanner und Wölzer Tauern
Geierhaupt	2,417	Seckauer Alpen
Hochreichhart	2,416	Seckauer Alpen
Seckauer Zinken	2,389	Seckauer Alpen
Maierangerkogel	2,356	Seckauer Alpen

Geology and environment

The Niedere Tauern mark the approximate eastern limit of the continuous ice sheet in the Alps during the Würm glaciation. Eastern parts of the group were therefore unglaciated, and served as an important refugium for silicicolous plants.

Winter sports

A number of skiing resorts are situated in the Niedere Tauern, including Obertauern and Schladming.

References

^ ^a ^b Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

47°18′N 14°00′E / 47.300°N 14.000°E / 47.300; 14.000

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