Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps
The range was formally designated as the Villgraten Mountains ("Villgratner Berge" or "Villgrater Berge") in the "AVE", the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps in 1984. This term is also used by the publisher, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, the publishing house with the widest coverage of the Eastern Alps. On many maps, however, they are called the Defereggen Mountains ("Defereggengebirge") or Gsies Mountains ("Gsieser Berge").