The Central Eastern Alps are the core ranges of the Eastern Alps with the highest peaks, located between the Northern Limestone Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps, from which they differ in geological composition. They extend from the Bernina Alps in Graubünden in the west as far as to the lower promontories east of the Mura such as the Hochwechsel in Styria in the east.

Ranges of the Central Eastern Alps (from East to West):

• • Mountains east of the Mura (including Hochwechsel , Fischbach Alps , Grazer Bergland (1)
  • Laventtal Alps (2)
  • Low Tauern (3)
  • Nock Mountains (4)
  • High Tauern (5)
  • Kitzbühel Alps (6)
  • Zillertal Alps (7)
  • Tux Alps (8)
  • Stubai Alps (9)
  • Sarntal Alps (10)
  • Ötztal Alps (11) (on 6-11 also see Tirolean Alps; Ortler, Oetzthal and Stubai Ranges)
  • Samnaun Alps (12)
  • Verwall Alps (13)
  • Rätikon (14)
  • Silvretta (15)
  • Sesvenna Alps (16)
  • Albula Alps (17)
  • Plessur Alps (18)
  • Oberhalbstein Alps (19)
  • Livigno Alps (20)
  • Bernina Alps (21)
  • Bergamo Alps (22)