!!!Kreuzeckgruppe

Kreuzeck Mountains, Carinthia, mountain range belonging to the 
southern Central Alps, composed of gneiss and crystalline slate, 
situated in an isolated position between the Upper Drau Valley, the 
Moell Valley and Iselsberg mountain, mainly composed of mica schist; 
its highest peaks are Polinik (2,784 m), Hochkreuz (2,709 m) and 
Kreuzeck (2,701 m). The area is sparsely settled and has only a few 
paths leading across the mountains. It is used for forestry, alpine 
farming and shooting of game, its waters are fed to the 
Reisseck-Kreuzeck group of power plants (drainage area: 164 
km%%sup 2/%, 137 MW, built in 1950). The western foothills form 
the border between Carinthia and East Tirol. The Kreuzeck cable 
railway starts in Kolbnitz and leads to the Rosswiese day-supply 
reservoir (205 m long, storage capacity: 204,000 m%%sup 3/%). Major 
mountain refuges: Feldnerhuette (alt. 2,186 m), Polinikhuette 
(alt. 1,873 m), Salzkofelhuette (alt. 1,987 m), 
Anna-Schutzhaus (alt. 1,992 m).


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