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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Northern Styrian Alps

The Northern Styrian Alps (Steirische Nordalpen in German) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountain ranges in an as-yet-unadopted classification of the Alps located in Austria.

Geography

Administratively the range belongs to the Austrian state of Styria and, marginally, to Upper Austria and Lower Austria. The whole range is drained by the Danube river.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:

Subdivision

The range is divided in two Alpine subsections:

These subsections are further subdivided in supergroups as it follows:

Notable summits

Panorama from near the peak (Windberg) of the Schneealpe

Some notable summits of the range are:

Name metres feet
Hochtor 2,369  7,770
Hochschwab 2,278  7,472
Klosterwappen 2,076  6,809
Hohe Veitsch 1,981  6,498
Messnerin 1,835  6,019

References

  1. ^ The Northern Limestone Alps, Gesaeuse National Park; article on www.nationalpark.co.at, accessed on April 2012
  2. ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.