The Northern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps. The distinction from the latter group, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition. The Northern Limestone Alps extend from the Bregenzerwald in Vorarlberg in the west to the Wienerwald in Lower Austria and Vienna in the east.
The highest peaks in the Northern Limestone Alps are Parseier Spitze (3,038 m) in the Lechtal Alps, and Dachstein (2,996 m).
Ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps (from East to West):
- Wienerwald (1)
- Gutenstein Alps (2)
- Rax and Schneeberg (3)
- Mürzsteg Alps (Schneealpe )(4)
- Türnitz Alps (5)
- Ybbstal Alps (6)
- Hochschwab (7)
- Ennstal Alps (including Gesäuse ) (8)
- Upper Austrian Foothills (9)
- Dead Mountains (10)
- Dachstein (11)
- Alps of the Salzkammergut (12)
- Tennengebirge (13)
- Berchtesgaden Alps (14)
- Lofer Stone Mountains and Leogang Stone Mountains (15)
- Chiemgau Alps (16)
- Kaisergebirge (17)
- Rofangebirge , Brandenberg Alps (18)
- Bavarian Foothills (Mangfall Mountains , Ester Mountaints etc) (19)
- Karwendel (20)
- Wetterstein Mountains (21)
- Ammergau Alps (22)
- Allgäu Alps (23)
- Lechtal Alps (24)
- Lechquellengebirge (25)
- Bregenzerwald (26) (on groups 13-26 also see The Alps of Bavaria, the Vorarlberg, and Salzburg)
