Prealps East of the Mur

Prealps East of the Mur
Kampalpe and Stuhleck, the highest mountain of the Prealps.
Highest point
Peak	Stuhleck
Elevation	1,783 m (5,850 ft)
Dimensions
Length	140 km (87 mi)
Geography
Location of the Prealps East of the Mur within the Eastern Alps
State	Lower Austria, Styria
Range coordinates	47°35′N 15°48′E / 47.58°N 15.8°E / 47.58; 15.8Coordinates: 47°35′N 15°48′E / 47.58°N 15.8°E / 47.58; 15.8
Parent range	Austrian Central Alps, Alpine Foreland

The Prealps East of the Mur (German: Randgebirge östlich der Mur, Italian: Prealpi ad est della Mura) are mountain group number 47 in the Eastern Alps according to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE).

The range includes the eastern foothills of the Austrian Central Alps and the Eastern and Southeastern Foreland.

Boundary and neighbouring ranges

The boundary of the Prealps East of the Mur runs as follows:^[1]

along the edge of the Vienna Woods in the northeast
to the Gutenstein Alps along the line Steinfeld–Neunkirchen–Ternitz
along the edge of the Rax-Schneeberg Group following the line from Ternitz via Gloggnitz to Schottwien over the Semmering Pass to Mürzzuschlag in the Mürz valley
from Mürzzuschlag to Bruck an der Mur bordering the Hochschwab Group
along the edge of the Lavanttal Alps separated by the River Mur as far as Spielfeld
its eastern boundary is vague but runs along Hungarian Plain, the Neusiedler See and via Bruck an der Leitha in the Vienna Basin

Subdivisions

The range is generally subdivided into the following regions:

Fischbach Alps (Stuhleck 1,783 m (AA))
Wechsel (Hochwechsel 1,743 m (AA))
Graz Highlands (Hochlantsch 1,720 m (AA))

In addition it includes the following eastern and southeastern foothills of the Alps:

Leitha Mountains (Sonnenberg 484 m (AA))
Rosalie Mountains (Heuberg 748 m (AA))
Sopron Mountains (Brentenriegel 606 m (AA))
die Bucklige Welt (Hochwechsel 1,743 m (AA))
das Joglland (Hochwechsel 1,743 m (AA))
Kőszeg Mountains or Güns Mountains (Geschriebenstein 884 m (AA))

External links

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References

↑ Ostalpen. In: bergalbum.de. (Alpenvereinseinteilung der Ostalpen).

Mountain ranges of the Central Eastern Alps according to the AVE

Ankogel Group Glockner Group Goldberg Group Granatspitze Group Gurktal Alps Kitzbühel Alps Kreuzeck Group Lavanttal Alps Ötztal Alps Radstadt Tauern Prealps east of the Mur Rätikon Rieserferner Group Rottenmann and Wölz Tauern Samnaun Alps Sarntal Alps Schladming Tauern Schober Group Seckau Tauern Sesvenna Range Silvretta Stubai Alps Tux Alps Venediger Group Verwall Alps Villgraten Mountains Zillertal Alps

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