The Durreck Group in South Tyrol is an independent mountain range within the Venediger Group. To the north and west it is bounded by the Tauferer Ahrntal, behind which the peaks of the Zillertal Alps stand. To the south it is separated by the valley of Reintal from the Rieserferner Group. The Ochsenlenke (2,623 m) forms the eastern end of the Durreck Group where the rocky ridge drops to almost 2,600 m and completely disappears under the rolling depositional landscape. From the Schneespitze (2,925 m) the first peaks and glaciers of the rest of the Venediger Group appear and link to the main chain of the High Tauern, whose orographically western foothills are therefore the Durreck Group. The Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps also counts the range as part of the Venediger Group.
| Durreck Group | |
|---|---|
 The Durreck, highest summit in the group | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Durreck |
| Elevation | 3,135 m (10,285 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 14 km (8.7 mi) |
| Geography | |
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| State(s) | South Tyrol, Italy |
| Range coordinates | 46°58′00″N 12°02′00″E / 46.96667°N 12.03333°E |
| Parent range | Venediger Group |
The Durreck Group lies entirely within the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park.
Peaks
editThe highest peak, and the one that gives its name to the group, is the Durreck (Ital. Cima Dura) with a height of 3,135 m s.l.m. Other summits above 3,000 metres are:
- Großer Moosstock, also Großer Moostock, Großer Moosnock (Ital. Picco Palù): 3,059 m s.l.m.
- Hirbernock (Ital. Cima di Moia): 3,010 m s.l.m., according to other sources only 2,991 m s.l.m.
External links
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- Harald Rost (1989), Zur Geologie, Petrographie und Tektonik des Pennins, der Matreier Zone und des Altkristallins zwischen Pürschbach und Grossklausenbach (Durreckgruppe, Ahrntal, Südtirol) (Diplomarbeit) (in German), Erlangen: Universität Erlangen, archived from the original on 2015-02-21, retrieved 2010-11-06
- The Durreck Group in 3D