Styrian Prealps

Styrian Prealps
German: Steirisches Randgebirge
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 / 47.07111°N 14.80833°E / 47.07111; 14.80833Coordinates: 47°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
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.

Geography

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

SOIUSA classification

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

• main part = Eastern Alps
• major sector = Central Eastern Alps
• section = Styrian Prealps
• code = II/A-20

Subdivision

The Styrian Prealps are divided into four subsections:

• North-western Styrian Prealps (Stubalpe; Gleinalpe; Westgraz) - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.I;
• South-western Styrian Prealps (Koralpe; Reinischkögel; Kobansko) - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.II
• Central Styrian Prealps (Fischbach; Ostgraz) - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.III;
• Eastern Styrian Prealps (Wechsel-Joglland; Bucklige; Bernstein-Güns; Rosalien-Ödenburg) - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.IV.

Notable summits

Mount Hochlantsch (1,720 m)

Some notable summits of the Styrian Prealps are:

References

Alpine sections according to the SOIUSA
Western Alps	South-western (1) Ligurian Alps (2) Maritime Alps (3) Provence Alps and Prealps (4) Cottian Alps (5) Dauphiné Alps (6) Dauphiné Prealps North-western (7) Graian Alps (8) Savoy Prealps (9) Pennine Alps (10) Lepontine Alps (11) Lugano Prealps (12) Bernese Alps i.t.w.m. (13) Glarus Alps (14) Swiss Prealps
Eastern Alps	Central-eastern (15) Western Rhaetian Alps (16) Eastern Rhaetian Alps (17) Western Tauern Alps (18) Eastern Tauern Alps (19) Carinthian-Styrian Alps (20) Styrian Prealps North-eastern (21) North Tyrol Limestone Alps (22) Bavarian Alps (23) Tyrol Schistose Alps (24) Northern Salzburg Alps (25) Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps (26) Northern Styrian Alps (27) Northern Lower Austria Alps South-eastern (28) Southern Rhaetian Alps (29) Bergamasque Alps and Prealps (30) Brescia and Garda Prealps (31) Dolomites (32) Venetian Prealps (33) Carnic and Gailtal Alps (34) Julian Alps and Prealps (35) Carintian-Slovenian Alps (36) Slovenian Prealps