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Niedere Tauern: Hochgolling
Hochgolling in the Niedere Tauern mountain range, central Austria.
Niedere Tauern
mountains, Austria
Also known as: Lower Tauern
Niedere Tauern, range of the Eastern Alps in central Austria; lying between the Enns and Mur rivers, it extends 75 miles (120 km) westward to the headstreams of the two rivers. The scenic, well-forested mountains rise to their highest elevation at Hochgolling (9,393 feet [2,863 m]), and a road crosses the range at the Radstädter Tauern (pass; 5,705 feet). The range is divided into the Radstädter Tauern, Schladminger Tauern, and Rottenmanner Tauern. Summer resorts and winter-sports centres lie in the mountains, which are also noted for their cattle-grazing meadows.
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