Styrian Prealps

Mountain range
47°04′16″N 14°48′30″E / 47.07111°N 14.80833°E / 47.07111; 14.80833Geography
Styrian Prealps (section nr.20) within Eastern Alps
CountriesAustria, Slovenia and HungarySettlementGraz, MariborParent rangeAlpsBorders onNorthern Styrian Alps, Eastern Tauern Alps, Carinthian-Styrian Alps and Slovenian PrealpsGeologyOrogenyAlpine orogeny

The Styrian Prealps (in German Steirisches Randgebirge, in Slovenian Štajersko Robno hribovje, in Hungarian Stájer Elő-Alpok) is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountains in a new, and as yet unadopted, classification of the Alps, located in Austria and, marginally, in Slovenia and Hungary.

Geography

The whole range is drained by the tributaries of the Danube river.

SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the Styrian Prealps are an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[1]

  • main part = Eastern Alps
  • major sector = Central Eastern Alps
  • section = Styrian Prealps
  • code = II/A-20

Subdivision

The Styrian Prealps are divided into four subsections:

Notable summits

The Hochlantsch (1,720 m)

Some notable summits of the Styrian Prealps are:

Name metres feet
Ameringkogel 2,184 7,164
Großer Speikkogel 2,140 7,019
Stuhleck 1,782 5,845
Wechsel 1,743 5,717
Hochlantsch 1,720 5,642
Košenjak 1,522 4,992

References

  1. ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
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Alpine sections according to the SOIUSA
Western Alps
South-western
North-western
Eastern Alps
Central-eastern
North-eastern
South-eastern