Dachstein_Mountains
Dachstein Mountains
Mountain range in Austria
The Dachstein Mountains (German: Dachsteingebirge) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps.
The term is used by the Austrian Alpine Club in its classification of the Eastern Alps as one of the 24 sub-ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps (AVE No. 14).
The Dachstein range includes:
- The Dachstein Massif proper with its highest peak, the Hoher Dachstein (2,995 m (AA))
- Grimming (2,351 m above sea level (AA)) in the east to the upper Styrian Enns valley
- Sarstein (1,975 m above sea level (AA)) in the north at the other bank of the River Traun