Venetian Prealps | |
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Monti Lessini in winter
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Highest point | |
Peak | Col Nudo |
Elevation | 2,471 m (8,107 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 46°13′39″N 12°24′12″E / 46.22743°N 12.40331°E / 46.22743; 12.40331[1] |
Naming | |
Native name | Prealpi Venete (Italian) |
Geography | |
Country | Italy |
Regions | Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol |
Provinces | Trento, Verona, Vicenza, Treviso, Belluno and Pordenone |
Parent range | Alps |
Borders on | Brescia and Garda Prealps, Dolomites, Carnic and Gailtal Alps and Venetian Plain |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Alpine orogeny |
The Venetian Prealps (Prealpi VeneteinItalian) are a mountain range in the south-eastern part of the Alps. They are located in Triveneto, in the north-eastern part of Italy.
Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provincesofTrento (in the regionofTrentino Alto Adige), Verona, Vicenza, Treviso, Belluno (in the RegionofVeneto) and Pordenone (in the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia).
The Venetian Prealps are drained by the rivers Adige, Brenta, Piave and other minor rivers and streams, all of them tributaries of the Adriatic Sea.
The chief summits of the Venetian prealps are:
Name | metres | feet |
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Col Nudo | 2,471 | 8,107 |
Cima Dodici | 2,341 | 7,680 |
Cima Portule | 2,310 | 7,578 |
Gruppo della Carega - Cima Carega | 2,259 | 7,411 |
Cima Palon | 2,232 | 7,322 |
Catena delle Tre Croci - Monte Zevola | 1,976 | 6,483 |
Monte Campomolon | 1,853 | 6,079 |
Monte Grappa | 1,775 | 5,823 |
Col Visentin | 1,764 | 5,787 |
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