Tennen Mountains
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The Tennen Mountains[1][2][3][4][5] (German: Tennengebirge) is a small, but rugged, mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, which lies in front of the Eastern Alps for its entire length. It is a very heavily karstified high plateau, about 60 km² in area, with many caves. The range is located in Austria in the district of Salzburg near Bischofshofen.
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Tennen Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Raucheck |
Elevation | 2,430 m (7,970 ft) |
Dimensions | |
Length | 15 km (9.3 mi) |
Geography | |
Tennen Mountains (in red) within the Alps.
The borders of the range according to Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps | |
Location | Northern Limestone Alps, Salzburg, Austria |
Country | Austria |
Range coordinates | 47°30′N 13°14′E |
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Some 37 square kilometres of the Tennen plateau are above the 2,000 metre line and that part of the range within the state of Salzburg was turned into a nature reserve in 1982.