title: Northern Salzburg Alps
text: # Northern Salzburg Alps
  
  The Northern Salzburg Alps (Salzburger Nordalpen in German) are a mountain range located in Austria.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Salzburg and, marginally, to Styria and to the German state of Bavaria. The whole range is drained by the Danube river.
  
  ### SOIUSA classification
  
  According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:
  
  * main part = Eastern Alps
  * major sector = Northern Limestone Alps
  * section = Northern Salzburg Alps
  * code = II/B-24
  
  ### Subdivision
  
  The range is divided into four Alpine subsections:
  
  * Loferer und Leoganger Steinberge - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.I;
  * Salzburger Schieferalpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.II;
  * Berchtesgadener Alpen - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.III;
  * Tennengebirge - SOIUSA code:II/B-24.IV;
  
  ## Notable summits
  
  Some notable summits of the range are:
  
  | Name | metres | feet |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hochkönig | 2,941 | 9,646 |
  | Watzmann | 2,713 | 8,899 |
  | Selbhorn | 2,655 | 8,708 |
  | Birnhorn | 2,634 | 8,640 |
  | Raucheck | 2,430 | 7,970 |
  | Hundstein | 2,117 | 6,944 |
  