The Alpine foothills, or Prealps, may refer generally to any foothills at the base of the Alps in Europe. They are the transition zone between the High Alps and the Swiss Plateau and the Bavarian Alpine Foreland in the north, as well as to the Pannonian Basin (Alpokalja) in the east, the Padan Plain in the south and the Rhone Valley in the west.
Presolana is a mountain located in Lombardy, northern Italy, about 35 km north of Bergamo.
Monte Lema is a mountain of the Lugano Prealps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit can easily reached by cable car from the village of Miglieglia (Ticino).
The Concarena is a mountain in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is multi summited and its highest peak is the Cima della Bacchetta, with a height of 2,549 m.
Monte Carmo di Loano is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Prealps. It is located in the province of Savona. It lies at an altitude of 1389 metres.
Monte Nudo is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy. It has an elevation of 1,237 metres. Administratively it belongs to the province of Varese.
Cima Dodici is a mountain on the border of Vicenza in Veneto and Trentino in Trentino Alto Adige, northern Italy, south of the village of Borgo Valsugana. It has an elevation of 2,336 metres. and is the highest peak in Vicenza. At 1,874 m prominence, it is an ultra prominent peak. The key col is near the village of Pergine Valsugana.
SOIUSA is a proposal for a new classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view. It was designed by Sergio Marazzi, Italian researcher and author of the Orographic Atlas of the Alps SOIUSA. His book was presented with the patronage of the Italian Alpine Club on 23 Jan 2006, but has yet to receive any formal acceptance.
The Slovene Prealps or the Slovenian Prealps 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.
The Venetian Prealps are a mountain range in the south-eastern part of the Alps. They are located in Triveneto, in the north-eastern part of Italy.
The Brescia and Garda Prealps are a mountain range in the southern part of the Alps. They are located mainly in Lombardy but also in Trentino Alto Adige and in Veneto, in the northern part of Italy.
The Lugano Prealps are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Canton Ticino and Lombardy.
The Dauphiné Prealps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They are located in Rhône-Alpes and, marginally, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Dauphiné Prealps are the central section of the French Prealps.
The Styrian Prealps is the proposed name for a subdivision of mountains in a new, and as yet unadopted, classification of the Alps, located in Austria and, marginally, in Slovenia and Hungary.
The Bergamasque Alps and Prealps are a mountain range in the southern part of the Alps. They are located in Lombardy, in the northern part of Italy.
The Carnic and Gailtal Alps is a geographic grouping of mountain ranges belonging to the Southern Limestone Alps. They are located in Austria and Italy.
The Bergamasque Prealps are a mountain range within the Alps. The range is located in Lombardy, in the north of Italy.
The Julian Alps and Prealps are a mountain range in the eastern part of the Alps. They are located in Slovenia and in Italy.
Monte Cadria is a mountain in the Alps located in Italy. It is the highest peak of the Brescia and Garda Prealps.
Monte Spinarda is a 1,357-metre (4,452 ft) mountain of the Ligurian Prealps in Italy.
