Central Eastern Alps

Also known as Central Alps, Austrian Central Alps

central-eastern parts of the Alps mountain range

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Peak: Piz Bernina
Elevation: 4,049 m (13,284 ft)
Countries: Austria Switzerland Liechtenstein Italy Slovenia
States: Vorarlberg Tyrol Salzburg Carinthia Styria Graubünden South Tyrol Lombardy
Parent range: Eastern Alps
Orogeny: Alpine
Rock ages: Mesozoic Tertiary
Rock types: Gneiss Slate

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Elevation: 4049
Image: Venedigergruppe.jpg

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The Central Eastern Alps (German: Zentralalpen or Zentrale Ostalpen), also referred to as Austrian Central Alps (German: Österreichische Zentralalpen) or just Central Alps, comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps in Austria and the adjacent regions of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy and Slovenia. South of them is the Southern Limestone Alps.

The term "Central Alps" is very common in the Geography of Austria as one of the seven major landscape regions of the country. "Central Eastern Alps" is usually used in connection with the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (Alpenvereinseinteilung, AVE). The Central Alps form the eastern part of the Alpine divide, its central chain of mountains, as well as those ranges that extend or accompany it to the north and south.