Venetian Prealps

Venetian Prealps
Prealpi Venete

Monti Lessini in winter
Highest point
Peak Col Nudo
Elevation 2,472 m (8,110 ft)
Coordinates 46°13′44″N 12°24′05″E / 46.22889°N 12.40139°E / 46.22889; 12.40139Coordinates: 46°13′44″N 12°24′05″E / 46.22889°N 12.40139°E / 46.22889; 12.40139 
Geography
Venetian prealps (section nr.32) within Eastern Alps
Country Italy
Region Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Province
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 Venete in Italian) are a mountain range in the south-eastern part of the Alps. They are located in Triveneto, in the north-eastern part of Italy.

Geography

Administratively the range is divided between the Italian provinces of Trento (in the Region of Trentino Alto Adige), Verona, Vicenza, Treviso, Belluno (in the Region of Veneto) 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.

Summits

Northern slopes of Col Nudo

The chief summits of the Venetian prealps are:

Namemetresfeet
Col Nudo 2,472 8,110
Cima Dodici 2,341 7,680
Cima Portule 2,310 7,578
Cima Carega 2,259 7,411
Cima Palon 2,232 7,322
Monte Grappa 1,775 5,823
Col Visentin 1,764 5,787

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