Carnic Prealps
{{Short description|Mountain range in Italy}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name= Carnic Prealps
| native_name={{native name|it|Prealpi Carniche}}
| other_name=
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| photo= Cima dei Preti.jpg
| photo_caption=Cima dei Preti, the highest mount of the range
| country= Italy
| subdivision2_type= Region
| subdivision2= Friuli-Venezia Giulia
| parent= Carnic and Gailtal Alps
| borders_on= {{enum|Julian Alps and Prealps|Venetian Prealps|Dolomites|Carnic Alps|Po plain}}
| subdivision4_type= River
| subdivision4= Tagliamento
| highest=Cima dei Preti
| elevation_m= 2703
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| coordinates= {{coord|46|34|24|N|12|42|11|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| geology= Sedimentary rocks{{cite book
| last = Sainsbury| first = Brendan| title = Camminare in Italia
| publisher = EDT srl| year = 2011| language = it| page = 196
}}
| orogeny= Alpine orogeny
| biome=
| map= Alps
| map_caption= Location within the Eastern Alps
}}
The Carnic Prealps (Prealpi Carniche in Italian) or Southern Carnic Alps ({{langx|de|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.
Geography
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 summits
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Some notable summits of the range are:
| class="wikitable sortable" | |
| Name | metres |
|---|---|
| Cima dei Preti | 2,703 |
| Monte Duranno | 2,652 |
| Monte Cridola | 2,581 |
| Croda Montanaia | 2,548 |
| Cima Both | 2,437 |
See also
References
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Maps
- Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: [https://web.archive.org/web/20150208113946/http://www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer/ www.pcn.minambiente.it]
{{Southern Limestone Alps}}
Category:Southern Limestone Alps
Category:Mountain ranges of the Alps