The Schladming Tauern''Outline of the geology of Austria and selected excursions'', Volumes 34-35. Geologische Bundesanstalt (Austria), 1980. pp. 62/3. . (german: Schladminger Tauern) are a subrange of the

Austrian Central Alps The Central Eastern Alps (german: Zentralalpen or Zentrale Ostalpen), also referred to as Austrian Central Alps (german: Österreichische Zentralalpen) or just Central Alps, comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps in Austria and the adjacent ...

within the

Eastern Alps Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide and down the Liro River to Lake Como in t ...

. Together with the

Radstadt Tauern The Radstadt Tauern (german: Radstädter Tauern) are a subrange of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria. Together with the Schladming Tauern, the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern and the Seckau Tauern the Radstadt Tauern form the major range of mount ...

, the Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern and the Seckau Tauern the Schladming Tauern form the major range known as the Low Tauern. The mountains are located in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

in the federal states of

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

and Styria. Its highest peak, at 2,862 m is the Hochgolling.

Location

The Schladming Tauern are located in the middle of the Low Tauern between the Sölk Pass in the east and the top of the Tauern Pass in the west. The name comes from the town of

Schladming Schladming is a small former mining town in the northwest of the Austrian state of Styria that is now a popular tourist destination. It has become a large winter-sports resort and has held various skiing competitions, including most notably the F ...

in the Enns valley.

Neighbouring ranges

The Schladming Tauern border on the following other mountain ranges of the Alps: * Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern (to the east) *

Nock Mountains The Nock Mountains (german: Nockberge or ''Nockgebirge'') are the westernmost and highest mountain range of the Gurktal Alps in Austria, spread over parts of the federal states of Carinthia, Salzburg and Styria. Their appearance is characterised ...

(to the south) *

(to the west) *

Salzburg Slate Alps The Salzburg Slate Alps (german: Salzburger Schieferalpen) are a mountain range of the Eastern Alps, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Situated within the greywacke zone, they could be regarded either as part of the Northern Limestone Alps or of ...

(to the northwest) *

Dachstein Hoher Dachstein () is a strongly karstic mountain in central Austria and the second-highest mountain in the Northern Limestone Alps. It is situated at the border of Upper Austria and Styria, and is the highest point in each of those states. Pa ...

Mountains (to the north)

Subdivision

The Schladming Tauern are divided into six subgroups which are (from west to east), the: * ''Seekarspitze Group'' between the

() and the Oberhütten Saddle (): ** Großes Gurpitscheck () ** Gamskarlspitze () ** Seekarspitze () * ''Kalkspitze Group'' between the Oberhütten Saddle () and the Lignitzhöhe () : ** Hundstein () ** Vetternspitzen () ** Styrian and Lungauer Kalkspitze () * ''Hochgolling Group'' between Lignitzhöhe () and Waldhorntörl (): ** Hochgolling () ** Kasereck () ** Elendberg () ** Zwerfenberg () ** Hocheck () ** Greifenberg () * ''Hochwildstellen Group'' between the Waldhorntörl () and the Lanschitzscharte () : ** Hochwildstelle () ** Waldhorn () ** Deichselspitze () ** Hohes Schareck () * ''Preber Group'' between the Lanschitzscharte () and the Hubenbauertörl () : ** Roteck () ** Preber () ** Predigtstuhl () * ''Knallstein Group'' between the Hubenbauertörl () and the Sölk Pass (): ** Großer Knallstein () ** Ruprechtseck ()

References

Literature

* Peter Holl: ''Alpenvereinsführer Niedere Tauern'', Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1983.

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