Savoy Prealps
{{Short description|Mountain range in the north-west Alps}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name= Savoy Prealps
| native_name= {{native name|fr|Préalpes de Savoie}}
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| photo= Haute cime.jpg
| photo_caption= Haute Cime (Dents du Midi)
| country= {{enum|France|Switzerland}}
| subdivision1_type= Région, Canton
| subdivision1= {{enum|Rhône-Alpes|Valais}}
| parent= Alps
| borders_on= {{enum|Dauphiné Prealps|Dauphiné Alps|Graian Alps|Bernese Alps|Swiss Prealps}}
| highest= Haute Cime des Dents du Midi
| elevation_m= 3257
| coordinates= {{coord|46|09|39|N|6|55|23|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| geology= Sedimentary rocksPréalpes, article on Larousse Encyclopedia (online version: [http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/autre-region/Pr%C3%A9alpes/139513 www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie])
| orogeny=Alpine orogeny
| age= Tertiary
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The Savoy Prealps ({{Langx|fr|Préalpes de Savoie}}) 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.
Geography
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.
Summits
File:Dent de Crolles depuis Saint-Pancrasse.JPG, in the SW part of the range]]
The chief summits of the range are:
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Name | metres | feet |
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Haute Cime des Dents du Midi | 3,257 | 10,682 |
Tour Sallière | 3,220 | 10,561 |
Mont Ruan | 3,057 | 10,026 |
Aiguille du Belvédère | 2,965 | 9,725 |
Pointe Percée | 2,750 | 9,020 |
Le Brévent | 2,525 | 8,282 |
Hauts-Forts | 2,466 | 8,088 |
Mont de Grange | 2,432 | 7,976 |
La Tournette | 2,351 | 7,711 |
Arcalod | 2,217 | 7,271 |
Trélod | 2,181 | 7,153 |
Chamechaude | 2,082 | 6,828 |
Dent de Crolles | 2,062 | 7,763 |
References
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Maps
- French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: [http://www.geoportail.fr/5069711/visu2D/afficher-en-2d.htm www.geoportail.fr]
- Swiss official cartography (Swiss Federal Office of Topography - Swisstopo); on-line version: [http://map.geo.admin.ch/ map.geo.admin.ch]
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Category:Mountain ranges of the Alps
Category:Mountain ranges of Switzerland