Savoy Prealps
| Savoy Prealps | |
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| Préalpes de Savoie | |
Haute Cime (Dents du Midi)
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Haute Cime des Dents du Midi |
| Elevation | 3,257 m (10,686 ft) |
| Coordinates | 46°09′39″N 6°55′23″E / 46.16083°N 6.92306°ECoordinates: 46°09′39″N 6°55′23″E / 46.16083°N 6.92306°E |
| Geography | |
| Country | France / Switzerland |
| Région, Canton, | Rhône-Alpes / Valais |
| Parent range | Alps |
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| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
| Age of rock | Tertiary |
| Type of rock | Sedimentary rocks |
The Savoy Prealps (Préalpes de Savoie in French) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Rhône-Alpes (south-eastern France) and, marginally, in Valais (western Switzerland). Savoy Prealps encompass northernmost area of the French Prealps.
Administratively the French part of the range belongs to the French departments of Savoie, Haute Savoie and Isère while the Swiss one is divided between the districts of Saint-Maurice and Monthey. The whole range is drained by the Rhone river.
The chief summits of the range are:
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