The Julian Alps and Prealps (in Slovenian ''Julijske Alpe v širšem smislu'', in

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''Alpi e Prealpi Giulie'') are a mountain range in the eastern part of the

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. They are located in

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and in

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Geography

SOIUSA classification

According to

SOIUSA Alps by SOIUSA. SOIUSA (an acronym for - English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a classification system of the Alps from the geographic and toponomastic point of view. It was designed by Sergio Maraz ...

(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the Julian Alps and Prealps are an Alpine section, classified in the following way: * main part =

Eastern Alps The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Main chain of the Alps, Alpine divide, and down the Liro (Como), Liro River to Lake Como in the south. ...

* major sector =

Southern Limestone Alps The Southern Limestone Alps (, ), also called the Southern Calcareous Alps, are the mountain range, ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps mainly located in northern Italy and the adjacent lands of Austria and Slovenia. The ...

* section = Julian Alps *

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= II/C-34

Subdivision

The range are divided in two subsections:Tone Wraber, ''Goropisni atlas Alp''; on-line article about SOIUSA
www.gore-ljudje.net
(access date: 2012-04-27) *

Julian Alps The Julian Alps (, , , , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large part of the Julian Alps is inclu ...

( SL: ''Julijskih Alp''; IT: ''Alpi Giulie'') -

SOIUSA code image:SOIUSA-sezioni.png, Alps by SOIUSA. SOIUSA (an acronym for - English language, English: ''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps-ISMSA'') is a classification system of the Alps from the geography, geographic and toponoma ...

:II/C-34.I; * Julian Prealps ( SL: ''Julijske Predalpe''; IT: ''Prealpi Giulie'') -

:II/C-34.II.

Notable summits

Some notable summits of the Julian Alps and Prealps are:

References

{{SOIUSA sections of the Alps Mountain ranges of Slovenia Mountain ranges of Italy Mountain ranges of the Alps