Styrian Prealps
The Styrian Prealps 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 the Styrian Prealps are an Alpine section, classified in the following way:
The Styrian Prealps are divided into four subsections:
- North-western Styrian Prealps - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.I;
- South-western Styrian Prealps - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.II
- Central Styrian Prealps - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.III;
- Eastern Styrian Prealps - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.IV.
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 |