Styrian Prealps

Styrian Prealps
German: Steirisches Randgebirge Slovene: Štajersko Robno hribovje Hungarian: Stájer Elő-Alpok
The Stuhleck (1,782 m) in winter
Highest point
Peak	Ameringkogel
Elevation	2,184 m (7,165 ft)
Coordinates	47°04′16″N 14°48′30″E
Geography
Styrian Prealps (section nr.20) within Eastern Alps
Countries	Austria, Slovenia and Hungary
Settlement(s)	Graz, Maribor
Parent range	Alps
Borders on	Northern Styrian Alps, Eastern Tauern Alps, Carinthian-Styrian Alps and Slovenian Prealps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

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:

• 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

The Hochlantsch (1,720 m)

Some notable summits of the Styrian Prealps are:

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