Gurktal Alps

Gurktal Alps
Wöllaner Nock, 2,145 m (7,037 ft)
Highest point
PeakEisenhut
Elevation2,441 m (8,009 ft)
Coordinates46°57′11″N 13°55′45″E / 46.95306°N 13.92917°E / 46.95306; 13.92917
Geography
Map
CountryAustria
StatesCarinthia, Styria and Salzburg
Range coordinates46°57′N 13°56′E / 46.950°N 13.933°E / 46.950; 13.933
Parent rangeCentral Eastern Alps
Carinthian-Styrian Alps (Noric Alps)

The Gurktal Alps (German: Gurktaler Alpen, Slovene: Krške Alpe) is a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps in Austria which is named after the valley of the Gurk river. The range stretches west to Lake Millstatt and east to Neumarkter Sattel (north-northwest of Neumarkt in Steiermark). The highest peak is Eisenhut at 2,441m (8,009 ft).