Eastern Alps

The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the at the Alpine divide, and down the River to in the south.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: eastern parts of the Alps in Central Europe
  • Also known as: “Alps Orie” and “East Alps”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mining Museum Steinhaus and Durreck.

Museum
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Peak
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The is the highest mountain in the Group, a range that divides the Ahrntal valley in the north from the Reintal valley in the south.

Photo: Rainerhaufe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St. Johann im Ahrntal and Steinhaus.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a mountain village in northern . It is a frazione of the comune of in . It is a popular tourist destination in all seasons and boasts several hotels, as well as numerous shops and an indoor swimming pool.

Eastern Alps

Latitude
47° north
Longitude
12° east
Open location code
8FVJ2222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4855600523
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Wiki­data ID
Q63817
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Satellite Map

Discover Eastern Alps from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Eastern Alps” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبال الألب الشرقية”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան Ալպեր”
  • Belarusian: “Усходнія Альпы”
  • Bulgarian: “Източни Алпи”
  • Catalan: “Alps orientals”
  • Chinese: “東阿爾卑斯山脈”
  • Czech: “Ostalpen”
  • Czech: “Východní Alpy”
  • Danish: “Østalperne”
  • Dutch: “Eastern Alps”
  • Esperanto: “Orientaj Alpoj”
  • Estonian: “Ida-Alpid”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Alpit”
  • Finnish: “Itäiset Alpit”
  • French: “Alpes orientales”
  • Friulian: “Alps Orientâls”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი ალპები”
  • German: “Ostalpen”
  • Greek: “Ανατολικές Άλπεις”
  • Hungarian: “Keleti-Alpok”
  • Indonesian: “Alpen Timur”
  • Italian: “Alpi Orientali”
  • Japanese: “東アルプス山脈”
  • Korean: “동알프스산맥”
  • Ladin: “Alpes Orientales”
  • Ladin: “Elpes Urienteles”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytinės Alpės”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Alpės”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ostalpen”
  • Macedonian: “Источни Алпи”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Alpene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Alpane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei austlege Alpane”
  • Norwegian: “Øst-Alpene”
  • Persian: “آلپ شرقی”
  • Polish: “Alpy Wschodnie”
  • Polish: “Ostalpen”
  • Portuguese: “Alpes Orientais”
  • Romanian: “Alpii de est”
  • Romanian: “Alpii Orientali”
  • Romanian: “Alpii Răsăriteni”
  • Russian: “Восточные Альпы”
  • Serbian: “Источни Алпи”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Istočne Alpe”
  • Slovak: “Východné Alpy”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodne Alpe”
  • Spanish: “Alpes centrales del este”
  • Spanish: “Alpes del noreste”
  • Spanish: “Alpes del sudeste”
  • Spanish: “Alpes orientales”
  • Swedish: “Östalperna”
  • Swedish: “Östra alperna”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Alpler”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Alpleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Східні Альпи”
  • Venetian: “Alpe orientałi”
  • Venetian: “Alpi Orientali”
  • Venetian: “Alpi Orientałi”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Am Wollbach and St. Jakob.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Carabinieri and Jugend- und Kulturzentrum.

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