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Northern Lower Austria Alps

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Peak
  
Hochstadl

Orogeny
  
Alpine orogeny

Highest point
  
Hochstadl

Parent range
  
Alps

Country
  
Austria

Elevation
  
1,919 m

Type of rock
  
Sedimentary rock

Mountains
  
Hochstadl

Northern Lower Austria Alps

Native name
  
Niederösterreichische Nordalpen

States of Austria
  
Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria

Borders on
  
Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps and Northern Styrian Alps

The Northern Lower Austria Alps or Lower Austria Alps (Niederösterreichische Nordalpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountains in a new, and as yet unadopted, classification of the Alps. They are the northernmost section of the Alps.

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GeographyEdit

Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Lower Austria and, marginally, to the states of Upper Austria and Styria. The whole range is drained by the Danube river.

SOIUSA classificationEdit

According to the proposal by SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps), the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:

  • main part = Eastern Alps
  • major sector = Northern Limestone Alps
  • section = Northern Lower Austria Alps
  • code = II/B-27

    • SubdivisionEdit

    Lower Austria Alps are divided into three Alpine subsections:

  • Türnitzer Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-27.I;
  • Ybbstaler Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-27.II;
  • Östliche Niederösterreichische Voralpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-27.III.

    • SummitsEdit

    The chief summits of the range are:

    References

    Northern Lower Austria Alps Wikipedia
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