Styrian Prealps

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.

Styrian Prealps
The Stuhleck (1,782 m) in winter
Highest point
PeakAmeringkogel
Elevation2,184 m (7,165 ft)
Coordinates47°04′16″N 14°48′30″E
Geography
Styrian Prealps (section nr.20) within Eastern Alps
CountriesAustria, Slovenia and Hungary
SettlementGraz, Maribor
Parent rangeAlps
Borders onNorthern Styrian Alps, Eastern Tauern Alps, Carinthian-Styrian Alps and Slovenian Prealps
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny
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