The Lechtal Alps (german: Lechtaler Alpen) are a mountain-range in western
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
, and part of the greater
Northern Limestone Alps range. Named for the river
Lech which drains them north-ward into Germany, the Lechtal Alps occupy the Austrian states of
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
and
Vorarlberg and are known for their diverse rock structure.
The Lechtal Alps are surrounded by the
Ötztal Alps,
Samnaun Alps and
Verwall Alps (south) and the
Allgäu Alps
The Allgäu Alps (german: Allgäuer Alpen) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance.
Charact ...
(north).
Peaks
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Parseierspitze,
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Dawinkopf,
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Südlicher Schwarzer Kopf,
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Gatschkopf,
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Bocksgartenspitze,
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Holzgauer Wetterspitze
Holzgauer Wetterspitze is a mountain in the Lechtal Alps of Tyrol, Austria. The elevation at its peak is . It is located in the district of Reutte, south of Holzgau, for which its name (meaning "Holzgau weather tip/point") is derived, and east ...
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Oberer Bocksgartenkopf,
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Vorderseespitze
The Vorderseespitze is a mountain in the Lechtal Alps, Tyrol, Austria. At it is the eighth highest peak in the Lechtal Alps. The Lech Valley Ridgeway (''Lechtaler Höhenweg'') runs over its southeastern flank from Kaiserjochhaus to the Ansbache ...
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Freispitze,
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Eisenspitze,
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Große Schlenkerspitze
The Große Schlenkerspitze is a mountain in the Lechtal Alps in the Austrian state of Tyrol. At or, according to other sources, 2,831 m, it is the highest peak in the eastern part of the Lechtal Alps.
Summit block
The massif of the Schlenk ...
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Fallenbacherspitze
The Fallenbacherspitze (also: Fallenbacher Spitze, Fallenbacher-Spitze) in the Austrian state of Tyrol is a 2,723-metre-high rock summit in the Lechtal Alps. Due to its remoteness and lack of signed routes, the mountain is not climbed very often.
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Mountain ranges of the Alps
Northern Limestone Alps
Mountain ranges of Tyrol (state)
Mountain ranges of Vorarlberg
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