Rax-Schneeberg Group
| Rax-Schneeberg Group | |
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View of Schneeberg from the Sonnwendstein
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Schneeberg (Klosterwappen) |
| Elevation | 2,076 metres (6,811 ft) AA |
| Coordinates | 47°46′03″N 15°48′28″E / 47.76750°N 15.80778°ECoordinates: 47°46′03″N 15°48′28″E / 47.76750°N 15.80778°E |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 32 km (20 mi) |
| Geography | |
| Country | Austria |
| States | Lower Austria and Styria |
| Parent range | Northern Limestone Alps |
The Rax-Schneeberg Group (German: Rax-Schneeberg-Gruppe) is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps on the Styrian-Lower Austrian border in Austria.
According to the official classification of the Eastern Alps by the Alpine Club (Alpenvereinseinteilung der Ostalpen), the Rax-Schneeberg Group is bounded by the following divisions to neighbouring groups of mountains:
The highest point in the limestone massif of the Schneeberg is the Klosterwappen at 2,076 m (AA). Its nearby twin peak is known as the Kaiserstein (2,061 m (AA)). The two summits are the highest mountains in the state of Lower Austria. The highest two elevations in the Rax massif are the Heukuppe at 2,007 m and the Scheibwaldhöhe at 1,943 m.
Other peaks are the Große Scheibe (1,473 m), the Tratenkogel (1,565 m), the Ochnerhöhe (1,403 m) and the Kreuzberg (1,084 m).
The Rax Alpine region, together with the Schneealpe and Schneeberg belong to the river source protected area (Quellschutzgebiet) of the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline (I. Wiener Hochquellenwasserleitung). The Schneeberg and Rax are separated by the Höllental valley and are two of Vienna's "local mountains" or Hausberge.
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