accessible via the Nockalmstraße scenic road, is a protected landscape according to IUCN V category. The Norian Age in the Triassic Period of geological time is named for the Noric Alps Classification The Italian Partizione delle Alpi classification of 1926 referred to the Alpi Noriche as the mountain chain from the Mur in the East up to the Brenner Pass in the West, including High and Low Tauern as well as Tux and Zillertal Alps. According to the Alpine Club classification, the Noric Alps are divided into the Gurktal Alps in the west, with the highest peaks in the Nock Mountains (Nockberge) region, and the Lavanttal Alps up to the Mur River in the east, including the Poßruck/Kozjak range and Radl Pass at the Austrian-Slovene border in the south separated by the Neumarkt Pass. The Noric Alps roughly correspond to the Carinthian-Styrian Alps according to the recent unofficial SOIUSA classification. References External links Norische Alpen entry on Aeiou Encyclopedia Noric Alps entry on Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Mountain ranges of the Alps