Savoy Prealps

Savoy Prealps
Haute Cime (Dents du Midi)
Highest point
Peak	Haute Cime des Dents du Midi
Elevation	3,257 m (10,686 ft)
Coordinates	46°09′39″N 6°55′23″E / 46.16083°N 6.92306°E / 46.16083; 6.92306
Naming
Native name	Préalpes de Savoie (French)
Geography
Countries	France and Switzerland
Région, Canton	Rhône-Alpes and Valais
Parent range	Alps
Borders on	Dauphiné Prealps, Dauphiné Alps, Graian Alps, Bernese Alps and Swiss Prealps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Age of rock	Tertiary
Type of rock	Sedimentary rocks[1]

The Savoy Prealps (Préalpes de Savoie in French) 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

The chief summits of the range are:

References

Maps

• French official cartography (Institut Géographique National - IGN); on-line version: www.geoportail.fr
• Swiss official cartography (Swiss Federal Office of Topography - Swisstopo); on-line version: map.geo.admin.ch

This page was last edited on 28 December 2023, at 22:40