Zillertal Alps

Zillertal Alps
The Zillertal Alps
Highest point
Peak	Hochfeiler
Elevation	3,510 m (11,520 ft)
Coordinates	46°58′22″N 11°43′34″E / 46.97278°N 11.72611°E / 46.97278; 11.72611
Geography
Zillertal Alps (in red) within the Alps
Countries	Austria and Italy
States	Tyrol, Salzburg and South Tyrol
Range coordinates	47°00′N 11°55′E / 47°N 11.92°E / 47; 11.92Coordinates: 47°00′N 11°55′E / 47°N 11.92°E / 47; 11.92
Parent range	Central Eastern Alps

The Zillertal Alps (Italian: Alpi Aurine; German: Zillertaler Alpen) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.

Name

The range is named after the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) on its north.

Geography

The range is bounded by the Tuxerjoch mountain pass to the north (separating it from the Tux Alps); the Birnlücke - Forcella del Picco pass to the east (separating it from the Hohe Tauern); the Eisack and its tributary the Rienz to the south (separating it from the Southern Limestone Alps); and the Brenner Pass to the west (separating it from the Stubai Alps).

Sub-groups

Simple suspension bridge in the Zillertal Alps

The Große Löffler (3,376 m) seen from the Gigalitz

The Zillertal Alps are divided into the following sub-groups:

• Main chain of the Tux Alps (Tuxer Hauptkamm)
• Main chain of the Zillertal Alps (Zillertaler Hauptkamm) and side ridges
  This is further sub-divided as follows: Hauptkamm, Hochstellerkamm, Greinerkamm, Mörchen and Igentkamm, Floitenkamm, Ahornkamm, Riblerkamm, Magnerkamm.
• Reichenspitze Group and eastern Ziller ridges
  This is further subdivided as follows: Reichenspitzkamm, Gerloskamm, Schönachkamm, Wimmerkamm, Schwarzachkamm, Zillerkamm, Klockerkarstock.
• Pfunderer Mountains (Pfunderer Berge)
  This is further subdivided as follows: Kreuzspitzkamm, Plattspitzkamm, Wurmaulkamm, Grubbachkamm, Mühlwalder Kamm.

Peaks

The main peaks of the Zillertal Alps are:

Passes

The main mountain passes of the Zillertal Alps are:

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zillertaler Alpen.

• Webcams in the Zillertal Alps

Mountain ranges of the Central Eastern Alps according to the AVE
Ankogel Group Glockner Group Goldberg Group Granatspitze Group Gurktal Alps Kitzbühel Alps Kreuzeck Group Lavanttal Alps Ötztal Alps Radstadt Tauern Prealps east of the Mur Rätikon Rieserferner Group Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern Samnaun Alps Sarntal Alps Schladming Tauern Schober Group Seckau Tauern Sesvenna Range Silvretta Stubai Alps Tux Alps Venediger Group Verwall Alps Villgraten Mountains Zillertal Alps