The
Ötztal
Alps (Italian:
Alpi Venoste, German:
Ötztaler Alpen) are a mountain range in the Central Eastern Alps, in the State of Tyrol in western Austria and the Province of
South Tyrol 
in northern Italy.
Geography
The Ötztal Alps are arrayed at the head of the Ötztal valley, a side valley of the Inn river southwest of
Innsbruck 
, Austria. One line of summits forms part of the border between Austria and Italy.
The Ötztal Alps are bordered by the
Reschen Pass 
(1504 m) in the west and the Inn river in the northwest and north. In the east the range is separated from the
Stubai Alps 
by the
Ötztaler Ache 
in the Ötztal, the
Timmelsjoch 
(2474 m) and the Passer river in the
Passeier Valley 
. On the south and southwest, the range is limited by the deep valley of the Etsch river, here known as the
Vinschgau 
.