Lower Tauern

Lower Tauern
Hochgolling
Highest point
PeakHochgolling
Elevation2,863 m (9,393 ft)
Coordinates47°16′0″N 13°45′42″E / 47.26667°N 13.76167°E / 47.26667; 13.76167
Naming
Native nameNiedere Tauern (German)
Geography
Location within the Eastern Alps
CountryAustria
States
Range coordinates47°18′N 14°0′E / 47.300°N 14.000°E / 47.300; 14.000
Parent rangeCentral Eastern Alps
Borders on
  • Western Tauern Alps
  • Northern Salzburg Alps
  • Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps
  • Northern Styrian Alps
  • Styrian Prealps
  • Carinthian-Styrian Alps
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny

The Lower Tauern[1][2][3] or Niedere Tauern are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria.

For the etymology of the name, see Tauern.

  1. ^ Bourne, Grant and Körner-Bourne, Sabine (2007). Walking in the Bavarian Alps, 2nd ed., Cicerone, Milnthorpe, p. 303. ISBN 978-1-85284-497-4.
  2. ^ Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia, New York and London: Garland, 2001, p. 716.
  3. ^ The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 1, 2003, p. 86.