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Savoy Prealps

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Elevation
  
3,257 m (10,686 ft)

Région, Canton,
  
Rhône-Alpes / Valais

Type of rock
  
Sedimentary rock

Period
  
Tertiary

Country
  
France / Switzerland

Orogeny
  
Alpine orogeny

Age of rock
  
Tertiary

Parent range
  
Alps

Savoy Prealps

Peak
  
Haute Cime des Dents du Midi

Borders on
  
ListDauphiné PrealpsDauphiné AlpsGraian AlpsBernese AlpsSwiss Prealps

The Savoy Prealps (Préalpes de Savoie in French) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Rhône-Alpes (south-eastern France) and, marginally, in Valais (western Switzerland). Savoy Prealps encompass northernmost area of the French Prealps.

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GeographyEdit

Administratively the French part of the range belongs to the French departments of Savoie, Haute Savoie and Isère while the Swiss one is divided between the districts of Saint-Maurice and Monthey. The whole range is drained by the Rhone river.

SummitsEdit

The chief summits of the range are:

MapsEdit

  • French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr
  • Swiss official cartography (Swiss Federal Office of Topography - Swisstopo); on-line version: map.geo.admin.ch

    • References

    Savoy Prealps Wikipedia
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