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Carnic Prealps

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Country
  
Orogeny
  
Type of rock
  
Sedimentary rock

Elevation
  
2,703 m (8,868 ft)

Highest point
  
Parent range
  
Carnic Prealps

Borders on
  
ListJulian Alps and PrealpsVenetian PrealpsDolomitesCarnic AlpsPo plain

Mountains
  
Cima dei Preti, Monte Cridola

Similar
  
Carnic Alps, Julian Alps, Tagliamento, Cima dei Preti, Piancavallo

The Carnic Prealps (Prealpi Carniche in Italian) or Southern Carnic Alps (German: Südliche Karnische Alpen) are a mountain range in the Southern Limestone Alps, part of the larger Carnic and Gailtal Alps group. They are located in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in the northern part of Italy.

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GeographyEdit

According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, the Carnic Prealps (AVE 57b) stretch from the Piave River in the south and west up to Sappada and Forni Avoltri, forming the border with the Dolomites range. The northern border with the main chain of the Carnic Alps runs along the Degano Valley to Comeglians in the Carnia region, and further eastwards via Paluzza, Ligosullo and Paularo to the Fella Valley at Pontebba. In the east the ravine of the Tagliamento River marks the border with the Julian Alps down to the Padan Plain in the south.

Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Pordenone and Udine.

Notable summitsEdit

Some notable summits of the range are:

MapsEdit

  • Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
  • References

    Carnic Prealps Wikipedia


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