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Savoy Prealps
Haute Cime (Dents du Midi)
Highest point
PeakHaute Cime des Dents du Midi
Elevation3,257 m (10,686 ft)
Coordinates46°09′39″N 6°55′23″E / 46.16083°N 6.92306°E / 46.16083; 6.92306
Naming
Native namePréalpes de Savoie (French)
Geography
CountriesFrance and Switzerland
Région, CantonRhône-Alpes and Valais
Parent rangeAlps
Borders onDauphiné Prealps, Dauphiné Alps, Graian Alps, Bernese Alps and Swiss Prealps
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
Age of rockTertiary
Type of rockSedimentary rocks[1]

The Savoy Prealps (French: Préalpes de Savoie) 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.

  1. ^ Préalpes, article on Larousse Encyclopedia (online version: www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie)

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Savoy Prealps

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Slovene Prealps

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Maritime Alps

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Graian Alps

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Pennine Alps

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Lugano Prealps

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Cottian Alps

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part of the Middle Ages the Cottian Alps were divided between the Duchy of Savoy, which controlled their northern part and the easternmost slopes, and the...

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Brescia and Garda Prealps

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Southern Limestone Alps section = Brescia and Garda Prealps code = II/C-30 Brescia and Garda Prealps' borders are (clockwise): Oglio river, Iseo lake and...

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Julian Alps and Prealps

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I; Julian Prealps (SL: Julijske Predalpe; IT: Prealpi Giulie) - SOIUSA code:II/C-34.II. Some notable summits of the Julian Alps and Prealps are: Marazzi...

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Alpi e Prealpi Bergamasche

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Styrian Prealps

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Alps section = Styrian Prealps code = II/A-20 The Styrian Prealps are divided into four subsections: North-western Styrian Prealps (Stubalpe; Gleinalpe;...

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Venetian Prealps

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Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps

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Northern Lower Austria Alps

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Partizione delle Alpi

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