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Lofer Mountains
Loferer Steinberge panorama from Sankt Ulrich am Pillersee
Highestย point
PeakGroรŸes Ochsenhorn
Elevation2,511ย mย above sea level (AA)
Geography
Lofer Mountains is located in Alps
Lofer Mountains
Location of the Loferer Steinberge within the Eastern Alps
Country
Austria
States
Tyrol and Salzburg
Range coordinates
47ยฐ32โ€ฒ00โ€ณN 12ยฐ39โ€ฒ00โ€ณE๏ปฟ / ๏ปฟ47.533333ยฐN 12.65ยฐE๏ปฟ / 47.533333; 12.65
Parent rangeNorthern Limestone Alps

The Lofer Mountains[1][2][3][4] or Loferer Mountains[5][6] (German: Loferer Steinberge, lit. "Lofer Rock Mountains") are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps in the Eastern Alps of central Europe. They are located in Austria in the federal states of Tyrol and Salzburg. The Lofers are separated from the Leogang Mountains to the southeast by a 1,202 m-high saddle known as the Rรถmersattel.

Summits in the Lofer Mountains

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  • Ulrichshorn 2,032ย mย above sea level (AA)
  • GroรŸes Ochsenhorn 2,511ย mย above sea level (AA)
  • Mitterhorn (GroรŸes Hinterhorn) 2,506ย mย above sea level (AA)
  • GroรŸes Reifhorn 2,480ย mย above sea level (AA)
  • Breithorn 2,413ย mย above sea level (AA)
  • GroรŸes Rothorn 2,409ย mย above sea level (AA)
  • Rothรถrnl 2,394ย mย above sea level (AA)
  • Geislhรถrner 2,291ย mย above sea level (AA)
  • Seehorn 2,155ย mย above sea level (AA)
  • Zwรถlferhรถrnl 2,104ย mย above sea level (AA)

Valley settlements

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Neighbouring mountain ranges

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The Lofer Mountains border on the following other mountain ranges in the Alps:

Photos

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  • The Lofer Mountains from St. Ulrich am Pillersee
    The Lofer Mountains from St. Ulrich am Pillersee
  • The GroรŸes Ochsenhorn from the GroรŸe Wehrgrube
    The GroรŸes Ochsenhorn from the GroรŸe Wehrgrube
  • The Lofer Mountains from the southwest
    The Lofer Mountains from the southwest
  • The Lofer Mountains from Birnhorn
    The Lofer Mountains from Birnhorn
  • Loferer Steinberge from Gr. Hรคuselhorn on the Reiter Alm
    Loferer Steinberge from Gr. Hรคuselhorn on the Reiter Alm

References

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  1. ^ Lofer Mountains at www.summitpost.org. Accessed on 10 Feb 2013.
  2. ^ Sander, Bruno (1951). Contributions to the study of depositional fabrics: rhythmically deposited triassic limestones and dolomites, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, University of California, pp. 22 and 113.
  3. ^ Various, The Monthly packet of evening readings, Vol. X, Mozley, London, 1870, p. 411
  4. ^ Lichtenberger, Elisabeth (2000). Austria: society and regions, Austrian Academy of Sciences, p. 173. ISBNย 978-3-7001-2775-8.
  5. ^ Arnold, Rosemarie (2009). Austria, Baedeker, p. 425. ISBNย 978-3-8297-6613-5
  6. ^ Heuss, Theodor (1955). Preludes to life: early memoirs, University of Michigan, p. 143.
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