Lower Tauern

Lower Tauern
Niedere Tauern
Hochgolling (2,862 m)
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 / 47.26667; 13.76167
Geography
Location within the Eastern Alps
Country	Austria
States	Salzburg and Styria
Range coordinates	47°18′N 14°0′E / 47.300°N 14.000°E / 47.300; 14.000Coordinates: 47°18′N 14°0′E / 47.300°N 14.000°E / 47.300; 14.000
Parent range	Central Eastern Alps
Borders on	List 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 or Niedere Tauern (Slovene: Nizke Ture) 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.

The range forms a part of the main chain of the Alps. The highest peak of the Lower Tauern is the Hochgolling, part of the Schladming Tauern, at 2,863 m (9,393 ft).

Important mountain pass roads include Radstädter Tauern Pass (1,738 m (5,702 ft)), Sölk Pass (1,788 m (5,866 ft)), and Triebener Tauern Pass (1,274 m (4,180 ft)). The range is also crossed by the Tauern Autobahn (A10) through the Tauern Road Tunnel.

In the west and south the Murtörl mountain pass and the River Mur separate them from the Hohe Tauern mountain range, while in the east and north the River Enns and the Schober Pass marks the border to the Northern Limestone Alps.

According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, the Lower Tauern may be divided into four subgroups (from west to east):