The Slovene Prealps or the Slovenian Prealps (, , ) 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.
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: 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:Tone Wraber, Goropisni atlas Alp; on-line article about SOIUSA: www.gore-ljudje.net (access date: 2012-03-29) 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 Pohorskim hribovjem - 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:
Namemetresfeet Porezen 1,630 5,347 Črni vrh 1,543 5,062 Velika Kopa 1,542 5,059 Jezerski vrh 1,537 5,043 Mali Črni 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
See also
Prealps
References