- Tux Alps
Geobox|Range
name=Tux Alps
image_caption=Patscherkofel (2,246m/7,369ft)
country=Austria
state=Tyrol
state1=
parent=Central Eastern Alps
highest=Liezumer Reckner
highest_elevation=2886
highest_lat_d=47|highest_lat_m=10|highest_lat_s=|highest_lat_NS=N
highest_long_d=11|highest_long_m=38|highest_long_s=|highest_long_EW=E
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map_caption=The Tux Alps (German: "Tuxer Alpen") are a smallmountain range of theCentral Eastern Alps inAustria . The range is named after the "Tuxertal", a side valley of the Ziller Valley.The range is bounded by the Inn valley to the north (separating it from the
Karwendel mountain range and theNorthern Limestone Alps ); the lowerZillertal valley to the east (separating it from theKitzbühel Alps ); the "Tuxerjoch"mountain pass and the "Tuxertal" to the south (separating it from theZillertal Alps ); theWipptal to the west (separating it from theStubai Alps ).The highest peak of the Tux Alps is the
Lizumer Reckner with an elevation 2,886metre s (9,469 ft). ThePatscherkofel mountain was a site of the 1964 and1976 Winter Olympics celebrated in nearbyInnsbruck .
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