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Mountain range in Italy

Carnic Prealps
Cima dei Preti, the highest mount of the range
Highest point
Peak	Cima dei Preti
Elevation	2,703 m (8,868 ft)
Coordinates	46°34′24″N 12°42′11″E / 46.57333°N 12.70306°E / 46.57333; 12.70306
Naming
Native name	Prealpi Carniche (Italian)
Geography
Carnic PrealpsLocation within the Eastern Alps
Country	Italy
Region	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
River	Tagliamento
Parent range	Carnic and Gailtal Alps
Borders on	Julian Alps and Prealps, Venetian Prealps, Dolomites, Carnic Alps and Po plain
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny
Rock type	Sedimentary rocks

The Carnic Prealps (Prealpi Carniche in Italian) or Southern Carnic Alps (German: Südliche Karnische Alpen) are a mountain range in the Southern Limestone Alps, part of the larger Carnic and Gailtal Alps group. They are located in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in the northern part of Italy.

Geography

According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, the Carnic Prealps (AVE 57b) stretch from the Piave River in the south and west up to Sappada and Forni Avoltri, forming the border with the Dolomites range. The northern border with the main chain of the Carnic Alps runs along the Degano Valley to Comeglians in the Carnia region, and further eastwards via Paluzza, Ligosullo and Paularo to the Fella Valley at Pontebba. In the east the ravine of the Tagliamento River marks the border with the Julian Alps down to the Padan Plain in the south.

Administratively the range belongs to the Italian province of Pordenone and Udine.

Some notable summits of the range are:

Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare - IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it

v t e Mountain ranges of the Southern Limestone Alps according to the AVE
Adamello-Presanella Alps Brenta group Dolomites Fiemme Mountains Gailtal Alps Garda Mountains Julian Alps Karavanks and Pohorje Carnic Main Crest Nonsberg Group Ortler Alps Sobretta-Gavia Group Kamnik–Savinja Alps Southern Carnic Alps Vicentine Alps