Central Eastern Alps

Central Eastern Alps
Venediger Group of the High Tauern
Highest point
Peak	Piz Bernina
Elevation	4,049 m (13,284 ft)
Coordinates	46°22′57″N 9°54′29″E / 46.38250°N 9.90806°E / 46.38250; 9.90806
Geography
Central Eastern Alps ranges (purple lines showing international borders and borders of Austrian states): Prealps East of the Mur (1) Lavanttal Alps (2) Low Tauern (3) Gurktal Alps (4) High Tauern (5) Kitzbühel Alps (6) Zillertal Alps (7) Tux Alps (8) Stubai Alps (9) Sarntal Alps (10) Ötztal Alps (11) Samnaun Alps (12) Verwall Alps (13) Rätikon (14) Silvretta Alps (15) Sesvenna (16) Albula Alps (17) Plessur Alps (18) Oberhalbstein Alps (19) Livigno Alps (20) Bernina (21) Bergamo Alps (22)
Countries	Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy and Slovenia
States	Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg, Carinthia, Styria, Graubünden, South Tyrol and Lombardy
Parent range	Eastern Alps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine
Age of rock	Mesozoic and Tertiary
Type of rock	Gneiss and Slate

The Central Eastern Alps (German: Zentralalpen or Zentrale Ostalpen), also referred to as Austrian Central Alps (German: Österreichische Zentralalpen) or just Central Alps,^[1] comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps in Austria and the adjacent regions of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy and Slovenia. South them is the Southern Limestone Alps.

The term "Central Alps" is very common in the Geography of Austria as one of the seven major landscape regions of the country. "Central Eastern Alps" is usually used in connection with the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (Alpenvereinseinteilung, AVE). The Central Alps form the eastern part of the Alpine divide, its central chain of mountains, as well as those ranges that extend or accompany it to the north and south.

The highest mountain in the Austrian Central Alps is Grossglockner at 3,798 metres (12,461 ft).