Swiss Prealps

Swiss Prealps
French: Préalpes Suisses
The top of the Schilthorn
Highest point
Peak	Schilthorn
Elevation	2,970 m (9,740 ft)
Coordinates	46°33′26″N 7°50′07″E / 46.55722°N 7.83528°E / 46.55722; 7.83528Coordinates: 46°33′26″N 7°50′07″E / 46.55722°N 7.83528°E / 46.55722; 7.83528
Geography
Country	Switzerland
Borders on	Savoy Prealps, Bernese Alps, Glarus Alps and Western Rhaetian Alps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

The Swiss Prealps (Préalpes Suisses in French, Schweizerische Voralpen in German) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. Swiss Prealps are the northernmost section the Western Alps.

Geography

The Swiss Prealps concern several cantons; from south-west to north-east they are:

• Vaud,
• Fribourg,
• Bern,
• Lucerne,
• Obwalden,
• Nidwalden,
• Uri,
• Schwyz,
• Zug,
• Glarus
• Zurich (marginally on the north of the range),
• Canton of Graubünden (marginally on the south of the range),
• Canton of St. Gallen,
• Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden,
• Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.

Their southwestern part belongs to the Rhone drainage basin while the northeastern one is drained by the Rhine.

Notable summits

The Dent de Brenleire, in the SW part of the range

Some notable summits of the range are:

Notable passes

Kleine Scheidegg mountain pass

Some notable passes of the range are:

References

Maps

• Swiss official cartography (Swiss Federal Office of Topography - Swisstopo); on-line version: map.geo.admin.ch