North Tyrol Limestone Alps
The North Tyrol Limestone Alps are a mountain range located in Austria and, marginally, in Germany.
Geography
Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian states of Tyrol and Vorarlberg and to the German state of Bavaria.SOIUSA classification
According to SOIUSA the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:- main part = Eastern Alps
- major sector = Northern [Limestone Alps]
- section = North Tyrol Limestone Alps
- code = II/B-21
Subdivision
The range is divided into six Alpine subsections:- Lechtaler Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.I;
- Lechquellengebirge - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.II;
- Wettersteingebirge - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.III;
- Karwendel - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.IV;
- Brandenberger Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.V;
- Kaisergebirge - SOIUSA code:II/B-21.VI.
Notable summits
Some notable summits of the range are:| Name | metres | feet |
| Parseierspitze | 3,036 | 9,961 |
| Zugspitze | 2,961 | 9,718 |
| Feuerspitze | 2,852 | 9,357 |
| Birkkarspitze | 2,749 | 9,019 |
| Rote Wand | 2,704 | 8,869 |
| Hochwanner | 2,744 | 9,003 |
| Ellmauer Halt | 2,344 | 7,690 |