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.
Styrian Prealps | |
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![]() 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 |
Geography | |
![]() Styrian Prealps (section nr.20) within Eastern Alps
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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 whole range is drained by the tributaries of the Danube river.
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the Styrian Prealps are an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[1]
The Styrian Prealps are divided into four subsections:
Some notable summits of the Styrian Prealps are:
Name | metres | feet |
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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 |
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Western Alps |
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Eastern Alps |
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