Slovene Prealps

Slovene Prealps
Highest point
PeakPorezen
Elevation1,630 m (5,350 ft)
Coordinates46°10′39″N 13°58′28″E / 46.17750°N 13.97444°E / 46.17750; 13.97444
Naming
Native name
Geography
Slovene Prealps (section no. 36) within the Eastern Alps
CountriesSlovenia and Austria
Parent rangeAlps
Borders onStyrian Prealps, Carinthian-Styrian Alps, Carinthian-Slovene Alps and Julian Alps and Prealps
Geology
OrogenyAlpine orogeny

The Slovene Prealps or the Slovenian Prealps (Slovene: Slovenske Predalpe, Predalpska Slovenija, slovenski predalpski svet) are a group of mountain ranges in the eastern part of the Alps. They are located in Slovenia and, for a small part of their northernmost area, in Austria.[citation needed]