Elevation 2,117 m (6,946 ft) State Salzburg Parent range Central Eastern Alps | Country Austria Peak Hundstein Mountains Hundstein | |
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Similar Mürzsteg Alps, Bregenz Forest Mountains, Salzkammergut Mountains, Gutenstein Alps, Ennstal Alps | ||
The Salzburg Slate Alps (German: Salzburger Schieferalpen) are a group of mountains in the Central Eastern Alps in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Situated within the greywacke zone, they are also regarded as part of the Northern Limestone Alps.
The range is located between the Kitzbühel Alps, the continuation of the greywacke zone beyond Lake Zeller and Saalach river in the west, and the Dachstein massif in the east. In the north it is adjacent to the Berchtesgaden Alps, while in the south the Salzach valley separates it from the Hohe Tauern.
Subdivisions
This mountain group, designated by the Alpine Club Classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) based on its underlying rock, cannot be assigned from a geological perspective either to the Northern or the Central Alps, so it does not fit into the general tripartite division of the Eastern Alps and, as a result, is variously treated in the literature. From a topographic perspective the group includes: