Northern Lower Austria Alps

47°41′11″N 15°04′31″E / 47.68639°N 15.07528°E / 47.68639; 15.07528NamingNative nameNiederösterreichische Nordalpen (German)GeographyCountryAustriaStates of AustriaLower Austria, Upper Austria, StyriaParent rangeAlpsBorders onSalzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps and Northern Styrian AlpsGeologyOrogenyAlpine orogenyType of rockSedimentary rocks^[1]

The Northern Lower Austria Alps or Lower Austria Alps (Niederösterreichische Nordalpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountains in a new, and as yet unadopted, classification of the Alps. They are the northernmost section of the Alps.

Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Lower Austria and, marginally, to the states of Upper Austria and Styria. The whole range is drained by the Danube river.

SOIUSA classification

According to the proposal by SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps), the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:^[2]

• main part = Eastern Alps
• major sector = Northern Limestone Alps
• section = Northern Lower Austria Alps
• code = II/B-27

Subdivision

Lower Austria Alps are divided into three Alpine subsections:^[2]

• Türnitzer Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-27.I;
• Ybbstaler Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-27.II;
• Östliche Niederösterreichische Voralpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-27.III.

Summits

The chief summits of the range are:

Name	metres	feet
Hochstadl	1,919	6,294
Ötscher	1,893	6,209
Großer Sulzberg	1,400	4,592
Reisalpe	1,399	4,589
Tirolerkogel	1,380	4,526
Bürgeralpe	1,002	4,166
Traisenberg	1,002	4,034
Eibl	1,002	3,287
Schöpfl	893	2,929

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