Hochtor, at , is the highest
mountain
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in the
Ennstaler Alps, part of the
Northern Limestone Alps
The Northern Limestone Alps (), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany. The distinction from the ...
, in
Styria
Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...
,
Austria
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.
The mountain is protected as part of
Gesäuse National Park
Gesäuse National Park is a national park in the Austrian state of Styria. Located in the mountainous Upper Styrian region, it covers large parts of the Gesäuse range within the Ennstal Alps and the steep water gap of the Enns river between Adm ...
, the third largest in Austria.
Gallery
image:Hochtor.JPG, Hochtor with the ''Hesshütte'', an alpine hut
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in the foreground
image:HochtorOedsteinGroup FromS HoherZinken.jpg, Hochtor - Ödstein Group (from right to left) as seen from Hoher Zinken in the south
image:Ennstaler_Alpen_10km.jpg, Ennstal Alps from 10 000 m
File:Buchstein massif from Hochtor.jpg, View from Hochtor
See also
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List of Alpine peaks by prominence
This is a list of the mountains of the Alps, ordered by their topographic prominence. For a list by height, see the list of mountains of the Alps. By descending to 1,500 m of prominence, this list includes all the Ultras of the Alps. Some famous p ...
References
External links
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"Hochtor, Austria" on Peakbagger
Mountains of the Alps
Ennstal Alps
Mountains of Styria
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