Savoy Prealps
46°09′39″N 6°55′23″E / 46.16083°N 6.92306°E / 46.16083; 6.92306Naming Native name Préalpes de Savoie (French) Geography Countries France and Switzerland Région, Canton Rhône-Alpes and Valais Parent range Alps Borders on Dauphiné Prealps, Dauphiné Alps, Graian Alps, Bernese Alps and Swiss Prealps Geology Orogeny Alpine orogeny Age of rock Tertiary Type of rock Sedimentary rocks[1]
The Savoy Prealps (Préalpes de Savoie in French) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Rhône-Alpes (south-eastern France) and, marginally, in Valais (western Switzerland). Savoy Prealps encompass northernmost area of the French Prealps.
Geography
Administratively the French part of the range belongs to the French departments of Savoie, Haute Savoie and Isère while the Swiss one is divided between the districts of Saint-Maurice and Monthey. The whole range is drained by the Rhone river.
Summits
The chief summits of the range are:
Name | metres | feet |
---|---|---|
Haute Cime des Dents du Midi | 3,257 | 10,682 |
Tour Sallière | 3,220 | 10,561 |
Mont Ruan | 3,057 | 10,026 |
Aiguille du Belvédère | 2,965 | 9,725 |
Pointe Percée | 2,750 | 9,020 |
Le Brévent | 2,525 | 8,282 |
Hauts-Forts | 2,466 | 8,088 |
Mont de Grange | 2,432 | 7,976 |
La Tournette | 2,351 | 7,711 |
Arcalod | 2,217 | 7,271 |
Trélod | 2,181 | 7,153 |
Chamechaude | 2,082 | 6,828 |
Dent de Crolles | 2,062 | 7,763 |
References
Maps
- French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr
- Swiss official cartography (Swiss Federal Office of Topography - Swisstopo); on-line version: map.geo.admin.ch