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Lofer Mountains

Location of the Loferer Steinberge within the Eastern Alps

CountryAustriaStatesTyrol and SalzburgRange coordinates47°32′00″N 12°39′00″E / 47.533333°N 12.65°E / 47.533333; 12.65Parent 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 Römersattel.

Summits in the Lofer Mountains

Ulrichshorn 2,032 m above sea level (AA)
Großes Ochsenhorn 2,511 m above sea level (AA)
Mitterhorn (Großes Hinterhorn) 2,506 m above sea level (AA)
Großes Reifhorn 2,480 m above sea level (AA)
Breithorn 2,413 m above sea level (AA)
Großes Rothorn 2,409 m above sea level (AA)
Rothörnl 2,394 m above sea level (AA)
Geislhörner 2,291 m above sea level (AA)
Seehorn 2,155 m above sea level (AA)
Zwölferhörnl 2,104 m above sea level (AA)

Valley settlements

Neighbouring mountain ranges

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

Chiemgau Alps (to the north)
Berchtesgaden Alps (to the east)
Leoganger Steinberge (to the southeast)
Kitzbühel Alps (to the southwest)
Kaisergebirge (to the west)

Photos

The Lofer Mountains from St. Ulrich am Pillersee
The Großes Ochsenhorn from the Große Wehrgrube
The Lofer Mountains from the southwest
The Lofer Mountains from Birnhorn
Loferer Steinberge from Gr. Häuselhorn on the Reiter Alm

References

^ Lofer Mountains at www.summitpost.org. Accessed on 10 Feb 2013.
^ 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.
^ Various, The Monthly packet of evening readings, Vol. X, Mozley, London, 1870, p. 411
^ Lichtenberger, Elisabeth (2000). Austria: society and regions, Austrian Academy of Sciences, p. 173. ISBN 978-3-7001-2775-8.
^ Arnold, Rosemarie (2009). Austria, Baedeker, p. 425. ISBN 978-3-8297-6613-5
^ Heuss, Theodor (1955). Preludes to life: early memoirs, University of Michigan, p. 143.