Kreuzeck group

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The Kreuzeckgruppe is a mountain range in the eastern Alps. Together with the Ankogelgroup, the Goldberg Group, the Glockner Group, the Schober Group, the Granatspitzgruppe, the Venediger Villgratner the mountains and the Rieserfernergruppe forms the Kreuzeckgruppe the large group of the Hohe Tauern. The Kreuzeckgruppe located in Austria in the federal states of Tyrol and Carinthia. The proportion of Tyrol is limited to a small corner in the west of the group.

The highest peaks are Polinik ( 2784 m above sea level. A. ) Striedenkopf ( 2749 m above sea level. A. ) High Cross ( 2709 m above sea level. A. ) and Kreuzeckgruppe ( 2701 m above sea level. A. ). The Kreuzeckgruppe is composed mainly of gneisses and mica schists, geographically it is in the north of Moelltal, bounded on the south by the Upper Drau Valley. To the west it limits the Iselsberg to Schobergruppe.

The Kreuzeckgruppe covers an area of ​​about 450 km ², which is sparsely populated and is used for pasture and forestry.

In Wöllatal and Kolbnitz are reservoirs of power plants Fragant and Reißeck top corner. Worth seeing is the Raggaschlucht. There are Drau valley towards the small ski resort Emberger Alm

Adjacent Mountain Ranges

The Kreuzeckgruppe borders the following other mountain groups in the Alps:

  • Goldberg Group ( in the north)
  • Ankogelgroup ( Reisseck ) ( in the northeast )
  • Gail Valley Alps ( in the south)
  • Schober group ( in the northwest)

Hochtristen with Einsee

View from Kolbnitz direction Kreuzeckgruppe

View from Millstatt direction Kreuzeckgruppe

View from Mirnock direction Kreuzeckgruppe

Lienz District Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps Ankogel Group Granatspitze Group Venediger Group Rieserferner Group Gurktal Alps Lavanttal Alps Samnaun Alps Sarntal Alps Silvretta Alps Stubai Alps Tux Alps
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