Comasche Prealps

{{Short description|Mountain range in Switzerland and Italy}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Comasche Prealps

| elevation_m = 2245

| map_image = SOIUSA-Alpi Occidentali-sezione11.png

| biome =

| orogeny = Alpine orogeny

| geology = Sedimentary rocks{{cite book

| last = VV. AA.

| title = Lombardia : esclusa Milano

| publisher = Touring Club Italiano

| year = 1999

| language = it

| page = 37

}}

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| highest = Pizzo di Gino

| native_name = {{native name|it|Prealpi Comasche}}

| borders_on = {{enum|Bergamasque Alps and Prealps|Lepontine Alps|Western Rhaetian Alps|Po plain}}

| parent = Alps

| subdivision1 = {{enum|Ticino|Lombardy}}

| subdivision1_type = Canton, Region

| country = {{enum|Switzerland|Italy}}

| photo_caption = Pizzo di Gino in the Comasche Prealps

| photo = Pizzo_di_Gino.jpg

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| other_name = Larian Prealps, eastern Lugano Prealps

| map_caption = The Comasche Prealps are within the Lugano Prealps (section no. 11), within the Western Alps

}}The Comasche Prealps (also known as the Larian Prealps or the eastern Lugano Prealps) are a subsection of the Lugano Prealps.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ErARGcr2t_YC&q=%22Comasche%22+lugano+alpi&pg=PA84|title=Guida itinerario dell'Italia e di parte dei paesi limitrofi. Parte 3. Annuario. -1896-1903|date=1897|publisher=Touring club ciclistico italiano|language=it}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v7DNAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Comasche%22+lugano+alpi&pg=PA431|title=Le Alpi|date=1900|language=it}} They are found in the Province of Como, Italy, and Canton Ticino, Switzerland. The highest peak is Pizzo di Gino which reaches {{Cvt|2,245|m}} above sea level.

They border:{{Cite book|last1=Pinoli|first1=Mario|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JpmGjlzo20MC&q=%22Comasche%22+lugano+alpi&pg=PA16|title=Lombardia in mountain bike|last2=Romero|first2=Sergio|date=1993|publisher=Ediciclo Editore|isbn=978-88-85327-33-7|language=it}}

• to the north with the Adula Alps (in the Lepontine Alps), separated by the San Jorio pass;
• to the east with the Orobic Alps and the Bergamasque Prealps (in the Bergamasque Alps and Prealps), separated by Lake Como;
• to the south they dissolve into the Po Valley;
• to the west with the Varese Prealps (in the same alpine section) and separated by the Monte Ceneri pass .