Venetian Prealps

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.

Venetian Prealps
Monti Lessini in winter
Highest point
Peak	Col Nudo
Elevation	2,471 m (8,107 ft)[1]
Coordinates	46°13′39″N 12°24′12″E[1]
Naming
Native name	Prealpi Venete (Italian)
Geography
Venetian prealps (section nr.32) within Eastern Alps
Country	Italy
Regions	Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Provinces	Trento, Verona, Vicenza, Treviso, Belluno and Pordenone
Parent range	Alps
Borders on	Brescia and Garda Prealps, Dolomites, Carnic and Gailtal Alps and Venetian Plain
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

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:

Name	metres	feet
Col Nudo	2,471	8,107
Cima Dodici	2,341	7,680
Cima Portule	2,310	7,578
Gruppo della Carega - Cima Carega	2,259	7,411
Cima Palon	2,232	7,322
Catena delle Tre Croci - Monte Zevola	1,976	6,483
Monte Campomolon	1,853	6,079
Monte Grappa	1,775	5,823
Col Visentin	1,764	5,787

Maps

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

See also

• Lessinia