Styrian Prealps

Styrian Prealps
German: Steirisches Randgebirge

The Stuhleck (1,782 m) in winter
Highest point
Peak Ameringkogel
Elevation 2,184 m (7,165 ft)
Coordinates 47°04′16″N 14°48′30″E / 47.07111°N 14.80833°E / 47.07111; 14.80833Coordinates: 47°04′16″N 14°48′30″E / 47.07111°N 14.80833°E / 47.07111; 14.80833
Geography

Styrian Prealps (section nr.20) within Eastern Alps

Countries Austria, Slovenia and Hungary
Settlement Graz, Maribor
Parent range Alps
Borders on Northern Styrian Alps, Eastern Tauern Alps, Carinthian-Styrian Alps and Slovenian Prealps
Geology
Orogeny Alpine orogeny

The Styrian Prealps (in German Steirisches Randgebirge, in Slovenian Štajersko Robno hribovje) 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]

Subdivision

The Styrian Prealps are divided into four subsections:

Notable summits

Mount Hochlantsch (1,720 m)

Some notable summits of the Styrian Prealps are:

Namemetresfeet
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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