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The High Tauern (pl.; German: Hohe Tauern, Italian: Alti Tauri) are a mountain range on the main chain of the Central Eastern Alps, comprising the highest peaks east of the Brenner Pass. The crest forms the southern border of the Austrian states of Salzburg , Carinthia and East Tyrol , with a small part in the southwest belongs to the Italian ...
Fuscherkarkopf massif, Hohe Tauern. Austria has six national parks, all of them internationally accepted according to the IUCN standard. The first national park, Hohe Tauern, was established in 1981. [1] They include each of Austria's most important natural landscape types — alluvial forest, Alpine massif, Pannonian steppe and rocky valleys. [2]
Innergschlöss: alm farming in the valley bottom, mountain forests, alpine meadows and glaciers in the High Tauern. The word Tauern (German pronunciation: [ˈtaʊ̯ɐn] ⓘ) is German and originally meant 'high mountain pass' in the Austrian Central Alps, referring to the many bridleways and passes of the parallel side valleys of the River Salzach that cut into the mountain ranges.
[1] [2] The region around the mountain has formed part of the Grossglockner-Pasterze special protected area within the High Tauern National Park since 1986. [ 3 ] The Glockner is the highest mountain in the Alps east of the Ortler range, about 175 km (109 mi) away, and, after Mont Blanc , has the second greatest topographic isolation of all ...
The Pasterze with the Großglockner (centre) and the Johannisberg (centre right rear) The Großglockner is the highest mountain in the Glockner Group. The Glockner Group [1] (German: Glocknergruppe) is a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps in the Eastern Alps, and is located in the centre section of the High Tauern on the main chain of the Alps.
Most of the range is located inside Hohe Tauern national park. It is named after Mt. Hochschober, 3,242 metres (10,636 ft), though its highest peak is Mt. Petzeck at 3,283 metres (10,771 ft). Geography
Hohe Tauern National Park (Nationalpark Hohe Tauern) (1981) Limestone Alps National Park (Nationalpark Kalkalpen) (1997) Gesäuse National Park (2002) Nock Mountain National Park (Nationalpark Nockberge) (1987, only IUCN category V)
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Hohe Tauern National Park; N. National Park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel;