Lower Tauern

The Lower Tauern or Niedere Tauern (Slovene: Nizke Ture) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria.

Lower Tauern
Hochgolling
Highest point
PeakHochgolling
Elevation2,863 m (9,393 ft)
Coordinates47°16′0″N 13°45′42″E
Naming
Native nameNiedere Tauern (German)
Geography
Location within the Eastern Alps
CountryAustria
StatesSalzburg and Styria
Range coordinates47°18′N 14°0′E
Parent rangeCentral Eastern Alps
Borders onWestern Tauern Alps, Northern Salzburg Alps, Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps, Northern Styrian Alps, Styrian Prealps and Carinthian-Styrian Alps
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny

For the etymology of the name, see Tauern.

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