Lechquellen Mountains

Lechquellen Mountains
Lechquellen Mountains: view into the Lech valley
Highest point
PeakUntere Wildgrubenspitze
Elevation2,753 m above sea level (AA)
Geography
Lechquellen Mountains is located in Alps
Lechquellen Mountains
Lechquellen Mountains
Location of the Lechquellen (in yellow) within the Eastern Alps
State(s)Vorarlberg, Austria
Range coordinates47°11′10″N 9°59′06″E / 47.18611°N 9.985°E / 47.18611; 9.985
View of the Untere Wildgrubenspitze, Roggalspitze and Rhonspitze
Rote Wand
Zürsersee; in the background: Valluga and Roggspitze
Gipslöcher nature reserve on the Biberkopf
The Gipslöcher nature reserve. Rear left: the Biberkopf

The Lechquellen Mountains (German: Lechquellengebirge) or Lechquellen range[1] is a small mountain group within the Northern Limestone Alps of the Eastern Alps. It lies entirely within the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and includes the upper reaches of the river Lech with its headstreams in a horseshoe shape as well as the Upper Großwalsertal valley.

  1. ^ Fink, Humbert and Pflanzer, Hella (1993). Impressions of Austria, Pinguin-Verlag.