Slovene Prealps
Appearance
Slovene Prealps | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Porezen |
Elevation | 1,630 m (5,350 ft) |
Coordinates | 46°10′39″N 13°58′28″E / 46.17750°N 13.97444°E |
Naming | |
Native name | |
Geography | |
Countries | Slovenia and Austria |
Parent range | Alps |
Borders on | Styrian Prealps, Carinthian-Styrian Alps, Carinthian-Slovene Alps and Julian Alps and Prealps |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
The Slovene Prealps or the Slovenian Prealps (Slovene: Slovenske Predalpe, Predalpska Slovenija, slovenski predalpski svet) are a group of mountain ranges in the eastern part of the Alps. They are located in Slovenia and, for a small part of their northernmost area, in Austria.[citation needed]
Geography
SOIUSA classification
According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the Slovene Prealps are an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[1]
- main part = Eastern Alps
- major sector = Southern Limestone Alps
- section = Slovene Prealps
- code = II/C-36
Subdivision
The Slovene Prealps are divided into three non-contiguous subsections:
- Western Slovene Prealps (Sl: Zahodne Slovenske Predalpe) - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.I
- Eastern Slovene Prealps (Sl: Vzhodne Slovenske Predalpe) - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.II
- Northeastern Slovene Prealps (Sl: Severovzhodne Slovenske Predalpe) - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.III
Two of these subsections include just one Alpine supergroup, and the third one is further subdivided in two supergroups:[2]
- Western Slovene Prealps:
- supergroup Škofjeloško-Cerkljansko-Polhograjsko-Rovtarsko hribovje - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.I-A
- Eastern Slovene Prealps:
- supergroup Posavsko hribovje - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.II-A
- Northeastern Slovene Prealps:
- supergroup Strojno s Pohorjem hribovje - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.III-A
- supergroup Vitanjsko-Konjiško hribovje - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.III-B
Summits
The chief summits of the Slovene Prealps are:
Name | metres | feet |
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Porezen | 1,630 | 5,347 |
Crni vrh | 1,543 | 5,062 |
Velika Kopa | 1,542 | 5,059 |
Jezerski vrh | 1,537 | 5,043 |
Mali Crni vrh | 1,533 | 5,029 |
Mulejev vrh | 1,533 | 5,029 |
Mala Kopa | 1,524 | 5,000 |
Rogla | 1,517 | 4,977 |
Žigartov vrh | 1,346 | 4,416 |
Stari Vrh | 1,217 | 3,993 |
References
- ^ Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.
- ^ Tone Wraber, Goropisni atlas Alp; on-line article about SOIUSA: www.gore-ljudje.net (access date: 2012-03-29)