Zillertal Alps
{{Short description|Mountain range on the border of Austria and Italy}}
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| name=Zillertal Alps
| photo= Zillertaler Alpen.JPG
| photo_caption= The Zillertal Alps
| country= {{hlist|Austria|Italy}}
| subdivision1_type= States
| subdivision1= {{hlist|Tyrol|Salzburg|South Tyrol}}
| parent= Central Eastern Alps
| highest=Hochfeiler
| elevation_m=3510
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| map_image=Alps location map (Zillertaler Alpen, AVE).png
| map_caption=Zillertal Alps (in red) within the Alps
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The Zillertal Alps ({{langx|it|Alpi Aurine}}; {{langx|de|Zillertaler Alpen}}) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.
Name
The range is named after the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) on its north.
Geography
The range is bounded by the Tuxerjoch mountain pass to the north (separating it from the Tux Alps); the Birnlücke - Forcella del Picco pass to the east (separating it from the Hohe Tauern); the Eisack and its tributary the Rienz to the south (separating it from the Southern Limestone Alps); and the Brenner Pass to the west (separating it from the Stubai Alps).
Sub-groups
File:Hängebrücke am Berliner Höhenweg Nr 526, Zillertaler Alpen 2.JPG
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The Zillertal Alps are divided into the following sub-groups:
- Tux main ridge (Tuxer Hauptkamm)
- Zillertal main ridge (Zillertaler Hauptkamm) and side ridges
This is further sub-divided as follows: Hauptkamm, Hochstellerkamm, Greinerkamm, Mörchen and Igentkamm, Floitenkamm, Ahornkamm, Riblerkamm, Magnerkamm. - Reichenspitze Group and eastern Ziller ridges
This is further subdivided as follows: Reichenspitzkamm, Gerloskamm, Schönachkamm, Wimmerkamm, Schwarzachkamm, Zillerkamm, Klockerkarstock. - Pfunderer Mountains (Pfunderer Berge)
This is further subdivided as follows: Kreuzspitzkamm, Plattspitzkamm, Wurmaulkamm, Grubbachkamm, Mühlwalder Kamm.
Peaks
The main peaks of the Zillertal Alps are:
| class="wikitable"
! Peak !! colspan=2|Elevation (m/ft) | ||
| Hochfeiler | 3,510 | 11,515 |
| Großer Möseler | 3,486 | 11,438 |
| Olperer | 3,480 | 11,418 |
| Hochfernerspitze
|3,463 |11,362 | ||
| Schrammacher | 3,410 | 11,190 |
| Turnerkamp | 3,422 | 11,228 |
| Großer Löffler | 3,382 | 11,096 |
| Fußstein | 3,380 | 11,090 |
| Hoher Weißzint | 3,371 | 11,060 |
| Schwarzenstein | 3,370 | 11,057 |
| Reichenspitze | 3,305 | 10,844 |
| Großer Mörchner | 3,287 | 10,785 |
| Rauhkofel | 3,251 | 10,666 |
| Hoher Riffler | 3,231 | 10,600 |
| Hintere Stangenspitze | 3,225 | 10,581 |
| Zillerplatenspitze | 3,148 | 10,328 |
| Napfspitze | 3,144 | 10,314 |
| Wilde Kreuzspitze | 3,135 | 10,286 |
| Zsigmondyspitze | 3,085 | 10,122 |
| Gitschberg
|2,510 |8,230 |
{{Panorama|image=Panorama.Zugspitzplatt.Winter.jpg|height=300|caption=Panorama view from platform at Zugspitzplatt in direction south-east to the Zillertal Alps in winter}}
{{Panorama|image=Zugspitzplatt.20220319_004015_078_77_191_100_244.png|height=345|caption=Computed panorama view from platform at Zugspitzplatt}}
Passes
The main mountain passes of the Zillertal Alps are:
| class="wikitable"
! Mountain pass | Location | Type | colspan=2|Elevation (m/ft) | |
| Mitterbachjoch | Zemmtal to Sand in Taufers | snow | 3130 | 10,270 |
| Trippachsattel | Floiten Valley to Sand in Taufers | snow | 3054 | 10,020 |
| Alpeinerscharte | Zemmtal to Wipptal | footpath | 2960 | 9712 |
| Keilbachjoch | Mayrhofen to Ahrntal | footpath | 2868 | 9410 |
| Heiliggeistjöchl | Mayrhofen to Ahrntal | footpath | 2658 | 8721 |
| Krimmlertauern | Krimml to Ahrntal | footpath | 2634 | 8642 |
| Horndljöchl | Mayrhofen to Ahrntal | footpath | 2555 | 8383 |
| Lappacherjoch | Lappach to Ahrntal | footpath | 2366 | 7763 |
| Tuxerjoch | Tuxertal to Wipptal | footpath | 2346 | 7697 |
| Pfitscherjoch | Zemmtal to Sterzing | footpath | 2248 | 7376 |
External links
File:Gerlospass 21.JPG, Brandberger Kolm and some lower mountains]]
{{Commons}}
- [http://www.checkcams.com/austria/zillertal CheckCams in the Zillertal Alps]
- [https://www.kamdoalp.cz/en/regions/17/tracks Zillertal Alps on kamdoalp.cz - Hikes description, Photos, GPX files to download (en)]
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Category:Mountain ranges of the Alps