Lower Tauern

Lower Tauern
Lower Tauern
	Hochgolling
Highest point
Peak	Hochgolling
Elevation	2,863 m (9,393 ft)
Coordinates	47°16′0″N 13°45′42″E / 47.26667°N 13.76167°E
Naming
Native name	Niedere Tauern (German)
Geography
	Location within the Eastern Alps
Country	Austria
States	Salzburg; Styria;
Range coordinates	47°18′N 14°0′E / 47.300°N 14.000°E
Parent range	Central Eastern Alps
Borders on	Western Tauern Alps; Northern Salzburg Alps; Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps; Northern Styrian Alps; Styrian Prealps; Carinthian-Styrian Alps;
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

The Lower Tauern^[1]^[2]^[3] or Niedere Tauern are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria.

For the etymology of the name, see Tauern.

^ Bourne, Grant and Körner-Bourne, Sabine (2007). Walking in the Bavarian Alps, 2nd ed., Cicerone, Milnthorpe, p. 303. ISBN 978-1-85284-497-4.
^ Jeep, John M. Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia, New York and London: Garland, 2001, p. 716.
^ The New Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 1, 2003, p. 86.