List of mountain groups in the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps

This list of the mountain groups in the Eastern Alps shows all 75 mountain groups and chains in the Eastern Alps as per the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) of 1984.

The Alpine Clubs divide the Eastern Alps into four regions which, in turn, are subdivided into mountain groups. The four regions are the Northern, Central, Southern, and Western (Eastern) Alps. With 27 groups each the Northern and Central regions of the Eastern Alps form the greater part of the Eastern Alps. There are 15 groups in the Southern Eastern Alps and six in the Western Eastern Alps.

The Eastern Alps lie on the territories of six countries: Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia. Austria has the largest share with 57 mountain groups within its borders. It is followed by Italy with 23 and Switzerland with ten. There are 7 mountain groups In Germany and 4 in Slovenia. Liechtenstein share part of one group.

The only four-thousander and highest mountain of the Eastern Alps is the Piz Bernina at 4,049 m. The Bernina Group is thus the highest of all the Eastern Alpine groups. Next come the Ortler Alps with the Ortler (3,905 m) as the highest peak in South Tyrol. The third-highest group is the Glockner Group with the highest summit in Austria: the Großglockner (3,798 m). Another 22 groups reach a height of over 3,000 metres. The only group in the Northern Eastern Alps with a three thousander is the Lechtal Alps with its Parseierspitze (3,036 m). Another 39 groups are over 2,000 metres high. Several of the groups exceed 1,000 metres and only one lies below this level: the Vienna Woods. Its highest mountain, the Schöpfl, is only 893 m high.

Legend

• AVE No.: the numbering of the group based on the Alpine Club classification (AVE). Numbers suffixed with lower case letters are groups that were further subdivided in 1984. These groups were part of a single unit before 1984.
• Name: name of the mountain group. Where names comprise two groups and where there are 2 articles in Wikipedia, both are shown.
• Map: Location map of the group in the Eastern Alps
• Location: the region within with the group falls
• Country: the country or countries within whose territory the mountain group lies. The country listed first is the one that contains the largest area of the mountain group.
• Highest mountain: name of the highest mountain in the group. If a group comprises two subgroups, the highest peak of both groups are named. The higher mountain is listed first.
• Height: height of the highest mountain in metres
• Image: image of the highest mountain

AVE classification of the Eastern Alps:

  Northern Limestone Alps

  Central Eastern Alps

  Southern Limestone Alps

  Western Limestone Alps

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AVE 1984

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AVE- No.	Name	Map	Location	Country	Highest mountain	Height (m)	Image
1	Bregenz Forest Mountains		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Glatthorn	2,134
2	Allgäu Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Germany Austria	Großer Krottenkopf	2,657
3a	Lechquellen Mountains		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Große Wildgrubenspitze	2,753
3b	Lechtal Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Parseierspitze	3,036
4	Wetterstein and Mieminger Chain		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria Germany	Zugspitze Hochplattig	2,962 2,768
5	Karwendel		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria Germany	Birkkarspitze	2,749
6	Brandenberg Alps (Rofangebirge)		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Hochiss	2,299
7a	Ammergau Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Germany Austria	Daniel	2,340
7b	Bavarian Prealps		Northern Limestone Alps	Germany Austria	Krottenkopf	2,086
8	Kaisergebirge		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Ellmauer Halt	2,344
9	Leogang and Lofer Mountains		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Birnhorn Großes Ochsenhorn	2,634 2,511
10	Berchtesgaden Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria Germany	Hochkönig	2,941
11	Chiemgau Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Germany Austria	Sonntagshorn	1,961
12	Salzburg Slate Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Hundstein	2,117
13	Tennen Mountains		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Raucheck	2,430
14	Dachstein Mountains		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Hoher Dachstein	2,995
15	Totes Gebirge		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Großer Priel	2,515
16	Ennstal Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Hochtor	2,369
17a	Salzkammergut Mountains		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Gamsfeld	2,027
17b	Upper Austrian Prealps		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Hoher Nock	1,963
18	Hochschwab Group		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Hochschwab	2,277
19	Mürzsteg Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Hohe Veitsch	1,981
20	Rax-Schneeberg Group		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Klosterwappen	2,076
21	Ybbstal Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Hochstadl	1,919
22	Türnitz Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Großer Sulzberg	1,400
23	Gutenstein Alps		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Reisalpe	1,399
24	Vienna Woods		Northern Limestone Alps	Austria	Schöpfl	893
25	Rätikon		Central Eastern Alps	Switzerland Austria Liechtenstein	Schesaplana	2,964
26	Silvretta		Central Eastern Alps	Switzerland Austria	Piz Linard	3,411
27	Samnaun Alps		Central Eastern Alps	Austria Switzerland	Muttler	3,294
28	Verwall		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Hoher Riffler	3,168
29	Sesvenna Range		Central Eastern Alps	Switzerland Italy Austria	Piz Sesvenna	3,204
30	Ötztal Alps		Central Eastern Alps	Austria Italy	Wildspitze	3,768
31	Stubai Alps		Central Eastern Alps	Austria Italy	Zuckerhütl	3,507
32	Sarntal Alps		Central Eastern Alps	Italy	Hirzer	2,781
33	Tux Alps		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Lizumer Reckner	2,884
34	N Kitzbühel Alps		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Kreuzjoch	2,558
35	Zillertal Alps		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Hochfeiler	3,510
36	Venediger Group		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Grossvenediger Großvenediger	3,666
37	Rieserferner Group		Central Eastern Alps	Italy Austria	Hochgall	3,436
38	Villgraten Mountains		Central Eastern Alps	Austria Italy	Weiße Spitze	2,962
39	Granatspitze Group		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Großer Muntanitz	3,232
40	Glockner Group		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Großglockner	3,798
41	Schober Group		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Petzeck	3,283
42	Goldberg Group		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Hocharn	3,254
43	Kreuzeck Group		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Mölltaler Polinik	2,784
44	Ankogel Group		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Hochalmspitze	3,360
45a	Radstadt Tauern		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Weißeck	2,711
45b	Schladming Tauern		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Hochgolling	2,862
45c	Rottenmanner and Wölzer Tauern		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Rettlkirchspitze	2,475
45d	Seckau Tauern		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Geierhaupt	2,417
46a	Gurktal Alps		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Eisenhut	2,441
46b	Lavanttal Alps		Central Eastern Alps	Austria Slovenia	Zirbitzkogel	2,396
47	Prealps East of the Mur		Central Eastern Alps	Austria	Stuhleck	1,782
48a	Ortler Alps		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy Switzerland	Ortler	3,905
48b	Sobretta-Gavia Group		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy	Monte Sobretta	3,296
48c	Nonsberg Group		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy	Laugenspitze	2,434
49	Adamello-Presanella Alps		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy	Presanella	3,556
50	Garda Mountains		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy	Monte Cadria	2,254
51	Brenta Group		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy	Cima Tosa	3,173
52	Dolomites		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy	Marmolada	3,343
53	Fleimstal Alps		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy	Cima d’Asta	2,847
54	Vicentine Alps		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy	Cima Dodici	2,336
55	until 1984: Bellunes Alps1
56	Gailtal Alps		Southern Limestone Alps	Austria	Große Sandspitze	2,770
57a	Carnic Main Crest		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy Austria	Hohe Warte	2,780
57b	Southern Carnic Alps		Southern Limestone Alps	Italy	Cima dei Preti	2,706
58	Julian Alps		Southern Limestone Alps	Slovenia Italy	Triglav	2,864
59	Karawanks and Pohorje		Southern Limestone Alps	Austria Slovenia Italy	Hochstuhl Črni Vrh	2,237 1,543
60	Stein Alps		Southern Limestone Alps	Slovenia Austria	Grintovec	2,558
61	Extra-Alpine regions in Austria2
62	Extra-Alpine regions in Germany2
63	Plessur Alps		Western Limestone Alps	Switzerland	Aroser Rothorn	2,980
64	Oberhalbstein Alps		Western Limestone Alps	Switzerland Italy	Piz Platta	3,392
65	Albula Alps		Western Limestone Alps	Switzerland	Piz Kesch	3,418
66	Bernina Group		Western Limestone Alps	Italy Switzerland	Piz Bernina	4,049
67	Livigno Alps		Western Limestone Alps	Italy Switzerland	Cima de’ Piazzi	3,439
68	Bergamasque Alps		Western Limestone Alps	Italy	Pizzo di Coca	3,052

• ¹ In 1984, counted as part of the Dolomites (52) and the Southern Carnic Alps (57b).
• ² Regions that do not describe the Eastern Alps. The AVE number was used by the German and Austrian Alpine Clubs in the sorting key of their hut guides.

Literature

• Franz Graßler: Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE). In: DAV, OeAV, AVS (ed.): Berg '84. Alpine Club Yearbook, Vol. 108, 1984, pp. 215–224,

External links

• Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps with boundaries of the individual regions