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Central Eastern Alps

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are also sometimes classified with the Central Alps, because they lie north of the geological fault of the Periadriatic Seam; in a general regional geographic sense, however, they are seen as part of the
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as part of the Greywacke zone are either counted as part of the Northern Limestone Alps or the Central Alps – geologically they form the bedrock of the
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The Central Eastern Alps also comprise the following ranges of the West Eastern Alps according to AVE classification, which geologically belong to the
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includes the Bernina and neighboring ranges within the Western Limestone Alps, not the Central Eastern Alps as the Alpine Club defines them.
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as one of the seven major landscape regions of the country. "Central Eastern Alps" is usually used in connection with the
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are – geologically and petrologically – part of the Southern Limestone Alps, and thus the Southern Alps
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in Switzerland, the easternmost 4,000-meter peak of the Alps. In the AVE system, however, the full
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The term "Central Eastern Alps" may also be used more broadly to refer to a larger area of the
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Portion of the Eastern Alps mountain range through Austria and parts of surrounding countries
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Geological makeup of the Alps: The Central Alps are formed from the crystalline East Alpine
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The Central Alps have the highest peaks of the Eastern Alps, and are located between the
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Central Eastern Alps ranges (purple lines showing international borders and borders of
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The Central and Northern Alps are separated by the Northern Longitudinal Trough (
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List of mountain groups in the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps
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list of mountain groups in the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps
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The Austroalpine submerges itself at the eastern edge of the Alps under the
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The range has the highest summits in the Eastern Alps and is the most
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Not to be confused with the other meaning of Central Alps i.e. the
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and are also subsumed under the Western Limestone Alps division.:
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sediments of the Alpine Foreland in the east and the
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The highest mountain in the Austrian Central Alps is
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Central Alps as a major landscape region in Austria
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Also in terms of rock, the 2279:The Kitzbühel Alps and the adjacent 803:, where they are composed mostly of 559:river (roughly corresponding to the 858:do not have this division into the 842:, which hardly moved at all during 527:in the west as far as to the lower 24: 2724: 2626: 2273: 555:mark their northern boundary, the 472:at 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). 25: 2808: 2740: 603:. The latter lie partly in South 499:, extending from the foot of the 408:Zentralalpen or Zentrale Ostalpen 2787:Mountain ranges of Liechtenstein 2745: 2614: 2593: 2569: 2547: 2539: 2515: 2493: 2485: 2461: 2438: 2414: 2394: 2384: 2360: 2337: 2254: 2233: 2209: 2189: 2179: 2154: 2133: 2108: 2087: 2062: 2041: 2014: 1993: 1968: 1945: 1918: 1897: 1873: 1850: 1826: 1805: 1781: 1760: 1736: 1713: 1689: 1666: 1642: 1622: 1612: 1588: 1568: 1560: 1536: 1515: 1491: 1470: 1446: 1425: 1401: 1378: 1354: 1335: 1311: 1291: 1281: 1257: 1239: 1229: 1203: 1181: 1174: 1164: 1140: 1117: 1093: 1073: 1063: 1039: 1017: 1007: 983: 963: 954: 944: 701: 133: 45: 776: 771: 766: 759: 2797:Mountain ranges of Switzerland 2732:Alpenvereinsführer Ortleralpen 2703: 2690: 823:. The Austroalpine nappes are 13: 1: 2683: 83:4,049 m (13,284 ft) 2613: 2589: 2577: 2568: 2535: 2523: 2514: 2481: 2469: 2460: 2434: 2422: 2413: 2380: 2368: 2359: 2333: 2321: 2253: 2229: 2217: 2208: 2175: 2162: 2153: 2129: 2116: 2107: 2083: 2070: 2061: 2037: 2022: 2013: 1989: 1976: 1967: 1941: 1926: 1917: 1893: 1881: 1872: 1846: 1834: 1825: 1801: 1789: 1780: 1756: 1744: 1735: 1709: 1697: 1688: 1662: 1650: 1641: 1608: 1596: 1587: 1556: 1544: 1535: 1511: 1499: 1490: 1466: 1454: 1445: 1421: 1409: 1400: 1374: 1362: 1353: 1331: 1319: 1310: 1277: 1265: 1256: 1225: 1211: 1202: 1160: 1148: 1139: 1113: 1101: 1092: 1059: 1047: 1038: 1003: 991: 982: 940: 926: 543:. The valleys of the rivers 416:Österreichische Zentralalpen 7: 2792:Mountain ranges of Slovenia 2772:Mountain ranges of the Alps 2671: 2608: 2563: 2509: 2455: 2408: 2354: 2248: 2203: 2148: 2102: 2056: 2008: 1962: 1912: 1867: 1820: 1775: 1730: 1683: 1636: 1582: 1530: 1485: 1440: 1395: 1348: 1305: 1251: 1197: 1134: 1087: 1033: 977: 722:and the eastern foothills. 599:, the Central Alps and the 475: 10: 2813: 2777:Mountain ranges of Austria 2033:Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern 892: 889:Alpine Club classification 748: 29: 575:includes the 4,049-meter 384: 374: 362: 357: 345: 307: 285: 131: 126: 87: 77: 67: 62: 44: 39: 2782:Mountain ranges of Italy 616:nördliche Längstalfurche 2654:Southern Limestone Alps 2226:Prealps East of the Mur 864:Southern Limestone Alps 860:Northern Limestone Alps 686:) Valley)–Drava Valley– 486:Southern Limestone Alps 482:Northern Limestone Alps 444:Southern Limestone Alps 442:. 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Index

Austrian Central Alps
Australian Alps

Venediger Group
High Tauern
Piz Bernina
Elevation
Coordinates
46°22′57″N 9°54′29″E / 46.38250°N 9.90806°E / 46.38250; 9.90806

Austrian states
Prealps East of the Mur
Lavanttal Alps
Low Tauern
Gurktal Alps
High Tauern
Kitzbühel Alps
Zillertal Alps
Tux Alps
Stubai Alps
Sarntal Alps
Ötztal Alps
Samnaun Alps
Verwall Alps
Rätikon
Silvretta Alps
Sesvenna
Albula Alps
Plessur Alps
Oberhalbstein Alps

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