Styrian Prealps

{{Short description|Mountain range}} {{Infobox mountain  | name= Styrian Prealps | native_name= | other_name= {{ubl|{{langx|de|Steirisches Randgebirge}}|{{langx|sl|Štajersko Robno hribovje}}|{{langx|hu|Stájer Elő-Alpok}}}}  | etymology=  | image= Stuhleck.jpg | image_caption= The Stuhleck (1,782 m) in winter  | country= {{enum|Austria|Slovenia|Hungary}}  | parent= Alps | borders_on= {{enum|Northern Styrian Alps|Eastern Tauern Alps|Carinthian-Styrian Alps|Slovenian Prealps}} | settlement= Graz, Maribor  | highest= Ameringkogel | elevation_m= 2184 | coordinates= {{coord|47|04|16|N|14|48|30|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | length_km= | length_orientation= | width_km= | width_orientation= | area_km2=  | geology= | orogeny=Alpine orogeny | biome=  | image_map= SOIUSA-Alpi Orientali-sezione20.png | map_caption= Styrian Prealps (section nr.20) within Eastern Alps }}

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.

== 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:<ref name=soiu>{{cite book | last = Marazzi | first = Sergio | authorlink = | title = Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA | publisher = Priuli & Verlucca | series = | year = 2005 | language = Italian | page = | doi = | isbn = 978-88-8068-273-8 }}</ref> * 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; Western Graz Highlands) - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.I; * South-western Styrian Prealps (Koralpe; Reinischkögel; Kobansko) - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.II * Central Styrian Prealps (Fischbach Alps; Eastern Graz Highlands) - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.III; * Eastern Styrian Prealps (Wechsel-Joglland; Bucklige Welt; Bernstein-Güns; Rosalien-Ödenburg) - SOIUSA code:II/A-20.IV.

==Notable summits== [[File:Steiermark Hochlantsch 050.jpg|thumb|150px|The Hochlantsch (1,720 m)]] Some notable summits of the Styrian Prealps are:

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! 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 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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