The Brandenberg Alps (german: Brandenberger Alpen) are a sub-group of the

Northern Limestone Alps The Northern Limestone Alps (german: Nördliche Kalkalpen), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germa ...

, that run in front of the Eastern Alps for their whole length. They lie entirely 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 ...

between

Achensee Lake Achen (german: Achensee) is a lake north of Jenbach in Tyrol, Austria. It is the largest lake within the federal state, and has a maximal depth of 133 metres. Together with the Achen Valley it parts the Karwendel mountain range in the west f ...

Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...

, the Inn Valley and the Bavarian Prealps. They are widely known in German as the ''Rofangebirge'', although the actual ''Rofan'' (also ''Sonnwendgebirge'') is only the western part of the area between the Brandenberger Ache stream and the

lake. It consists of a central mountain group and three individual mountains. The

Guffert The Guffert is a high, isolated, prominent limestone alpenstock in the Brandenberg Alps (Rofan) that, together with the Guffertstein, forms a twin peak. It lies north of Steinberg am Rofan. Because it projects above the Mangfall Mountains to th ...

(), which is located outside the central group, forms a distinct mountain block. It is located north of Kramsach, between the Tegernsee Blauberge and the central Rofan. The

Unnütze The Unnütze (also called the Unnutze) is a small mountain ridge northeast of the Achensee lake between Achenkirch and Steinberg am Rofan in the Brandenberg Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Ti ...

, at the northern end of the Achensee east of

Achenkirch Achenkirch is a municipality in the Schwaz district in the Austrian state of Tyrol Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was histo ...

, and the Ebener Joch () east of Maurach at the southern end of the Achensee, are also outside the central mountain range.

Neighbouring mountain ranges

The Brandenberg Alps border on the following other sub-groups in the Alps: * Bavarian Prealps (to the north) *

Kaisergebirge The Kaiser Mountains (german: Kaisergebirge, meaning ''Emperor Mountains'') are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps and Eastern Alps. Its main ridges – are the Zahmer Kaiser and south of it the Wilder Kaiser. The mountains are s ...

(to the east) *

Kitzbühel Alps The Kitzbühel Alps (german: Kitzbüheler Alpen or ''Kitzbühler Alpen'') are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps surrounding the town of Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria. Geologically they are part of the western slate zone (greywacke zone). ...

(to the south) *

Tux Alps The Tux Alps (german: Tuxer Alpen) or Tux Prealps (''Tuxer Voralpen'') are a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps, which in turn form part of the Eastern Alps within Central Europe. They are located entirely within the Austrian federal state o ...

(to the southwest) *

Karwendel The Karwendel is the largest mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps. The major part belongs to the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, while the adjacent area in the north is part of Bavaria, Germany. Four chains stretch from west to east; i ...

(to the west)

Central Group

Summits on the Rofan main ridge (''Rofan-Hauptkamm'') from west to east

*''Klobenjochspitze'' () *''Kotalmjoch'' () *''Stuhljöchl'' () *''Stuhlböcklkopf'' () * Streichkopf () * Hochiss (), highest summit in the Rofan * Spieljoch () * Seekarlspitze () * Roßkopf (Nordgipfel ) * Rofanspitze ()

Summits on the Dalfaz Walls from north to south

*''Dalfázer Joch'' () *''Dalfázer Köpfln'' () *''Dalfázer Wand'' () *''Dalfázer Roßkopf'' () * Rotspitze ()

Summits on the ridge starting south of the Rofanspitze

* Sagzahn () *''Schokoladetafel'' () * Vorderes Sonnwendjoch () * Haidachstellwand ()

Summits in the Brandenberg Alps from northeast to southwest

*'' Pendling'' (), southwest of

Kufstein Kufstein (; Central Bavarian: ''Kufstoa'') is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 19,600 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The grea ...

*''Köglhörndl'' () *''Hundsalmjoch'' () *''Kienberg'' (), northeast of Brandenberg

Waterbodies

* Zireiner See

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