Northern Salzburg Alps

Northern Salzburg Alps
Salzburger Nordalpen
The Hochtor, in the foreground the Hesshütte
Highest point
Peak	Hochkönig
Elevation	2,941 m (9,649 ft)
Coordinates	47°25′14″N 13°03′47″E / 47.42056°N 13.06306°E / 47.42056; 13.06306Coordinates: 47°25′14″N 13°03′47″E / 47.42056°N 13.06306°E / 47.42056; 13.06306
Geography
Northern Salzburg Alps (section nr.24) within Eaestern Alps
Country	Austria, Germany
States of Austria, States of Germany	Salzburg, Styria, Bavaria
Parent range	Alps
Borders on	List North Tyrol Limestone Alps Bavarian Alps Tyrol Schistose Alps Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps Western Tauern Alps Eastern Tauern Alps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Type of rock	Sedimentary rocks

The Northern Salzburg Alps (Salzburger Nordalpen in German) are a mountain range located in Austria.

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.

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:

The range is divided into four Alpine subsections:

Some notable summits of the range are: