Styrian Prealps
| Styrian Prealps | |
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| German: Steirisches Randgebirge | |
The Stuhleck (1,782 m) in winter
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| 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°ECoordinates: 47°04′16″N 14°48′30″E / 47.07111°N 14.80833°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 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.
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:
The Styrian Prealps are divided into four subsections:
Some notable summits of the Styrian Prealps are:
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