Kreuzeck group

Kreuzeck group
Fourteen Lakes and Mt. Hochkreuz, 2,709 m (8,888 ft)
Highest point
Peak	Mölltaler Polinik
Elevation	2,784 m (9,134 ft)
Coordinates	46°53′46″N13°09′24″E
Geography
Location within theEastern Alps
Country	Austria
State	Carinthia
Parent range	Central Eastern Alps Western Tauern Alps High Tauern
Geology
Type of rock	Gneiss,schist

TheKreuzeck Groupis amountain rangeof theCentral Eastern Alps.It may be considered either a separate range or part of the largerHigh Tauernchain. Administratively, the range belongs to theAustrianstatesofCarinthiaand, in the westernmost part,Tyrol(i.e.East Tyrol).

Geography

Kreuzeck summit

The Kreuzeck Group is geographically separated from the main chain of the High Tauern in the north by theMöll,a left tributary of theDrava,up to the confluence within theLurnfeldbasin in the east. In the south, the Drava forms the border with theGailtal Alps,part of theSouthern Limestone Alps.TheIselsberg PassnearLienz,connecting the Drava andMöll valleys,marks the western end.

The range is mainly composed ofgneissandgarnet-mica-schists.The mountainous area (approximately 450 km²) is sparsely populated and used mainly forforestryandhunting.However, its tourism industry has improved in recent years. The area of theReißeckmunicipality in the Möll valley is the site of theReißeck-Kreuzeckhydroelectric power plantrun by the AustrianVerbundcompany, whereby water is collected in severalreservoirsin the Kreuzeck range.

Though named after Mt. Kreuzeck (2,701 m or 8,862 ft), the highest peaks of the range are theMölltaler Polinik(2,784 m or 9,134 ft), Striedenkopf (2,749 m or 9,019 ft), and Hochkreuz (2,709 m or 8,888 ft).

Classification

According to theAlpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps,the Kreuzeck group (AVE 43) together with theRieserferner group,theVillgraten Mountains(Defereggen) and theSchober groupforms the southern front of the High Tauern ranges, a section of theAlpine divide.

According to the 2005SOIUSA(International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) proposal, the Kreuzeck group (II/A-17.IV.) is a subsection of theWestern Tauern Alps.

Literature

• Manfred Posch: Reißeck, Kreuzeck. Die schönsten Touren, Klagenfurt 2000, Kärntner Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H.,ISBN3-85391-176-5
• Rudolf Gritsch:Kleiner Führer Kreuzeck-, Reißeck- und Sadniggruppe.Rother-Verlag, Munich, 1977,ISBN978-3763332434

External links

• "Kreuzeck Group".SummitPost.org.

• Category:Mountain ranges of the Alps