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Styrian Prealps

Coordinates: 47°04′16″N 14°48′30″E / 47.07111°N 14.80833°E / 47.07111; 14.80833
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Styrian Prealps
The Stuhleck (1,782 m) in winter
Highest point
PeakAmeringkogel
Elevation2,184 m (7,165 ft)
Coordinates47°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
CountriesAustria, Slovenia and Hungary
SettlementGraz, Maribor
Parent rangeAlps
Borders onNorthern Styrian Alps, Eastern Tauern Alps, Carinthian-Styrian Alps and Slovenian Prealps
Geology
OrogenyAlpine 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

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

SOIUSA classification

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

Subdivision

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The Styrian Prealps are divided into four subsections:

Notable summits

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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

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  1. ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.