Zillertal Alps

Zillertal Alps
The Zillertal Alps
Highest point
Peak	Hochfeiler
Elevation	3,510 m (11,520 ft)
Coordinates	46°58′22″N 11°43′34″E / 46.97278°N 11.72611°E / 46.97278; 11.72611
Geography
Zillertal Alps (in red) within the Alps
Countries	Austria Italy
States	Tyrol Salzburg South Tyrol
Range coordinates	47°00′N 11°55′E / 47.000°N 11.917°E / 47.000; 11.917
Parent range	Central Eastern Alps

The Zillertal Alps (Italian: Alpi Aurine; German: Zillertaler Alpen) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps on the border of Austria and Italy.

The range is named after the Zillertal (Ziller river valley) on its north.

The range is bounded by the Tuxerjoch mountain pass to the north (separating it from the Tux Alps); the Birnlücke - Forcella del Picco pass to the east (separating it from the Hohe Tauern); the Eisack and its tributary the Rienz to the south (separating it from the Southern Limestone Alps); and the Brenner Pass to the west (separating it from the Stubai Alps).

The Zillertal Alps are divided into the following sub-groups:

• Tux main ridge (Tuxer Hauptkamm)
• Zillertal main ridge (Zillertaler Hauptkamm) and side ridges
  This is further sub-divided as follows: Hauptkamm, Hochstellerkamm, Greinerkamm, Mörchen and Igentkamm, Floitenkamm, Ahornkamm, Riblerkamm, Magnerkamm.
• Reichenspitze Group and eastern Ziller ridges
  This is further subdivided as follows: Reichenspitzkamm, Gerloskamm, Schönachkamm, Wimmerkamm, Schwarzachkamm, Zillerkamm, Klockerkarstock.
• Pfunderer Mountains (Pfunderer Berge)
  This is further subdivided as follows: Kreuzspitzkamm, Plattspitzkamm, Wurmaulkamm, Grubbachkamm, Mühlwalder Kamm.

The main peaks of the Zillertal Alps are:

Panorama view from platform at Zugspitzplatt in direction south-east to the Zillertal Alps in winter

Computed panorama view from platform at Zugspitzplatt

The main mountain passes of the Zillertal Alps are:

• CheckCams in the Zillertal Alps