| Tennen Mountains | |
|---|---|
 Southwest view | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Raucheck |
| Elevation | 2,430 m (7,970 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 15 km (9.3 mi) |
| Geography | |
.png) Tennen Mountains (in red) within the Alps. The borders of the range according to Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps | |
| Location | Northern Limestone Alps, Salzburg, Austria |
| Country | Austria |
| Range coordinates | 47°30′N 13°14′E / 47.500°N 13.233°E |
The Tennen Mountains[1][2][3][4][5] (German: Tennengebirge) is a small, but rugged, mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, which lies in front of the Eastern Alps for its entire length. It is a very heavily karstified high plateau, about 60 km² in area, with many caves. The range is located in Austria in the district of Salzburg near Bischofshofen.
Some 37 square kilometres of the Tennen plateau are above the 2,000 metre line and that part of the range within the state of Salzburg was turned into a nature reserve in 1982.
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