Ankogel Group

Ankogel Group
Seebach Valley near Mallnitz with Hochalmspitze
Highest point
Peak	Hochalmspitze
Elevation	3,360 m (11,020 ft)
Geography
Location within the Eastern Alps
Country	Austria
States	Carinthia and Salzburg
Range coordinates	47°01′N 13°19′E / 47.02°N 13.32°E / 47.02; 13.32Coordinates: 47°01′N 13°19′E / 47.02°N 13.32°E / 47.02; 13.32
Parent range	Western Tauern Alps Hohe Tauern

The Ankogel Group (German: Ankogelgruppe) is a sub-group of the Central Eastern Alps. Together with the Goldberg Group, the Glockner Group, the Schober Group, the Kreuzeck Group, the Granatspitze Group, the Venediger Group, the Villgraten Mountains and the Rieserferner Group it forms the mountain range of the Hohe Tauern (High Tauern).

The Ankogel Group is located in the Austrian federal states of Salzburg and Carinthia. Its highest peak is the Hochalmspitze, 3,360 m (AA) (11,020 ft).

Geography

The Ankogel Group is the easternmost mountain group of the High Tauern and lies on the main chain of the Alps. The Lower Tauern begin further east. The range gets its name from the Ankogel mountain. 3,252 m (10,669 ft).

The Ankogel Group can be further divided into the sub-groups of the Ankogel Massif, the Hochalmspitze Group, the Hafner Group and the Reißeck Group south of the Möll Valley. It comprises the picturesque Maltatal ("valley of falling waters") with the Fallbach Waterfall and the Kölnbrein Dam.

Neighbouring ranges

The Ankogel Group borders on the following other mountain ranges in the Eastern Alps:

Goldberg Group (in the west)
Kreuzeck Group (in the southwest)

(both also part of the High Tauern)

Salzburg Slate Alps, lying north of the Salzach River
Radstädter Tauern, lying northeast of the Mur River
Nock Mountains, lying beyond the Lieser Valley in the east
Gailtal Alps, south of the Drava,

part of the Southern Limestone Alps.

Peaks

All the named three-thousanders in the Ankogel Group:^[1]

Hochalmspitze 3,360 m (AA)
Großelendkopf 3,317 m (AA)
Großer Ankogel 3,252 m (AA)
Jochspitze 3,179 m (AA)
Schwarzkopf 3,171 m (AA)
Zsigmondyspitze 3,152 m (AA)
Preimlspitz 3,133 m (AA)
Steinerne Mandln 3,125 m (AA)
Winkelspitz 3,112 m (AA)
Oberlercherspitze 3,107 m (AA)
Kordonspitze 3,102 m (AA)
Kleiner Ankogel 3,096 m (AA)

Säuleck 3,086 m (AA)
Großer Hafner 3,076 m (AA)
Elendköpfe 3,070 m (AA)
Großer Sonnblick 3,030 m (AA)
Lanischeck 3,024 m (AA)
Kleiner Hafner 3,018 m (AA)
Schneewinkelspitze 3,016 m (AA)
Tischlerkarkopf 3,004 m (AA)
Tischlerspitze 3,002 m (AA)
Grubenkarkopf 3,001 m (AA)
Mittlerer Sonnblick 3,000 m (AA)

Panorama view from Ankogel

References

↑ ÖK50 www.austrianmap.at

Sources

Liselotte Buchenauer, Peter Holl: Alpenvereinsführer Ankogel- und Goldberggruppe. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1986. ISBN 3-7633-1247-1

External links

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Subgroups of the High Tauern according to the AVE (from west to east)

Main ridge	Venediger Group Granatspitze Group Glockner Group Goldberg Group Ankogel Group

Southern groups	Rieserferner Group Villgraten Mountains Schober Group Kreuzeck Group

Mountain ranges of the Central Eastern Alps according to the AVE

Ankogel Group Glockner Group Goldberg Group Granatspitze Group Gurktal Alps Kitzbühel Alps Kreuzeck Group Lavanttal Alps Ötztal Alps Radstadt Tauern Prealps east of the Mur Rätikon Rieserferner Group Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern Samnaun Alps Sarntal Alps Schladming Tauern Schober Group Seckau Tauern Sesvenna Range Silvretta Stubai Alps Tux Alps Venediger Group Verwall Alps Villgraten Mountains Zillertal Alps

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