Varese Prealps (SOIUSA)
| Varese pre-Alps | |
|---|---|
 Monte Tamaro |
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| Highest peak | Monte Tamaro ( 1967 m above sea level ) |
| location | Varese Province ( Italy ), Ticino ( Switzerland ) |
| part of | Lugano Prealps |
| Classification according to | SOIUSA 11.II |
| Coordinates , ( CH ) | 45 ° 56 ' N , 8 ° 47' O ( 704 661 / 87834 ) |
The Varese Pre-Alps are in Italy in the northern part of the province of Varese and in Switzerland in the Mendrisiotto , in the Luganese and in the Locarnese in the canton of Ticino .
The highest peak is Monte Tamaro ( 1967 m above sea level ) in Ticino. According to the SOIUSA classification, they are a subsection of the Lugano Prealps .
Limits
- Northwest: Lake Maggiore ( Laveno and Magadino plain )
- East: Valley of Agno and the western part of Lake Lugano
- South: from the Po Valley .
division
2 super groups, 4 groups
- Tamaro-Gambarogna-Lema mountain range ( A )
- Group Tamaro ( A.1 )
- Piambello-Campo dei Fiori-Nudo mountain range ( B )
- Group Piambello ( B.2 )
- Campo dei Fiori group ( B.3 )
- Group Nudo ( B.4 )
summit
- Monte Tamaro - 1,967 m
- Monte Gradiccioli - 1,936 m
- Monte Magno - 1,640 m
- Monte Lema - 1,621 m
- Monte Nudo - 1,235 m
- Campo dei Fiori di Varese - 1,227 m
- Monte Rogoria - 1,184 m
- Monte Piambello - 1,129 m
- Monte Tre Croci - 1,124 m
- Monte Martica - 1,032 m
- Monte Chiusarella - 913 m
- Monte Mondonico - 807 m
- Monte Clivio - 739 m
literature
- Sergio Marazzi: Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA . Pavone Canavese (TO), Priuli & Verlucca editori, 2005. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8 (Italian)
- Sergio Marazzi, La “Suddivisione orografica internazionale unificata del Sistema Alpino” (SOIUSA) - the complete article with detailed illustrations (pdf; 1.6 MB) (Italian)