Lugano Prealps

Mountain range in the Alps

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Lugano Prealps

Prealpi Lombarde Occidentali

Monte San Primo in winter from Pian del Tivano

Highest point
Peak| Pizzo di Gino
Elevation| 2,245 m (7,365 ft)
Coordinates| 46°06′03″N 9°12′20″E﻿ / ﻿46.10083°N 9.20556°E﻿ / 46.10083; 9.20556
Naming
Native name| Prealpi Luganesi (Italian)
Geography

Lugano Prealps (section no. 11) within the Western Alps

Countries| Switzerland and Italy
Canton, Region| Ticino and Lombardy
Parent range| Alps
Borders on| Bergamasque Alps and Prealps, Lepontine Alps, Western Rhaetian Alps and Po plain
Geology
Orogeny| Alpine orogeny
Rock type| Sedimentary rocks[1]

The Lugano Prealps (Prealpi Luganesi or Prealpi Lombarde Occidentali in Italian) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Canton Ticino (southern Switzerland) and Lombardy (northern Italy).

## Geography

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Administratively the Italian part of the range belongs to the provinces of Como and Varese, while the Swiss one is divided between the districts of Bellinzona, Locarno, Lugano and Mendrisio.

The western slopes of the mountains are drained by the Ticino, the eastern ones by Adda and the southern-central part of them by Lambro, Olona and other minor rivers and streams, all of them directly or indirectly tributaries of the Po.

### SOIUSA classification

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According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain range is an Alpine section, classified in the following way:[2]

* main part = Western Alps
* major sector = North Western Alps
* section = Lugano Prealps
* code = I/B-11

### Borders

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Lugano Prealps' borders are (clockwise):

* Lago Maggiore (west),
* Ticino from Locarno to Bellinzona, San Jorio Pass (2.010 m, which connects them with the Lepontine Alps) and San Jorio valley till to Gravedona (north);
* Como lake (east);
* Po Plain (south).

### Subdivision

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The Lugano Prealps are divided into two subsections:[2]

* Como Prealps \- SOIUSA code:I/B-11.I
* Varese Prealps \- SOIUSA code:I/B-11.II,

which are separated by the Monte Ceneri Pass.

These subsections are further divided in supergroups:

* Como Prealps:
* supergroup catena Gino-Camoghè-Fiorina - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.I-A
* supergroup catena Tremezzo-Generoso-Gordona - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.I-B
* supergroup catena del Triangolo Lariano - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.I-B
* Varese Prealps:
* supergroup catena Tamaro-Gambarogno-Lema - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.II-A,
* supergroup catena Piambello-Campo dei Fiori-Nudo - SOIUSA code:I/B-11.II-B.

## Summits

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Pizzo di Gino

The chief summits of the range are:

Name | metres | feet

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Pizzo di Gino | 2,245 | 7,363
Camoghè | 2,226 | 7,301
Gazzirola | 2,116 | 6,940
Monte Bregagno | 2,107 | 6,910
Monte Tamaro | 1,967 | 6,451
Monte Gradiccioli | 1,936 | 6,352
Monte Grona | 1,736 | 5,694
Monte Generoso | 1,704 | 5,589
Monte di Tremezzo | 1,700 | 5,600
Monte San Primo | 1,685 | 5,526
Monte Lema | 1,621 | 5,316
Corni di Canzo | 1,373 | 4,503
Sighignola | 1,314 | 4,311
Monte Nudo | 1,235 | 4,050
Monte Pian Nave | 1,058 | 3,471
Monte Minisfreddo | 1,047 | 3,435
Poncione di Ganna | 993 | 3,258
Monte Chiusarella | 913 | 2,995
Colle di Brianza | 877 | 2,877
Monte Monarco | 858 | 2,815

## References

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1. ^ VV. AA. (1999). Lombardia : esclusa Milano (in Italian). Touring Club Italiano. p. 37.
2. ^ a b Marazzi, Sergio (2005). Atlante Orografico delle Alpi. SOIUSA (in Italian). Priuli & Verlucca. ISBN 978-88-8068-273-8.

## Maps

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* Italian official cartography (Istituto Geografico Militare \- IGM); on-line version: www.pcn.minambiente.it
* Swiss official cartography (Swiss Federal Office of Topography \- Swisstopo); on-line version: map.geo.admin.ch

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Western Alps

Sections
(as per SOIUSA)|

| South-western|

* (1) Ligurian Alps
* (2) Maritime Alps
* (3) Provence Alps and Prealps
* (4) Cottian Alps
* (5) Dauphiné Alps
* (6) Dauphiné Prealps

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North-western|

* (7) Graian Alps
* (8) Savoy Prealps
* (9) Pennine Alps
* (10) Lepontine Alps
* (11) Lugano Prealps
* (12) Bernese Alps i.t.w.m.
* (13) Glarus Alps
* (14) Swiss Prealps

Other ranges|

* Aravis Range
* Castellane Prealps
* Chablais Alps
* Digne Prealps
* Nice Prealps
* Vaucluse Mountains

Massifs|

* Aiguilles Rouges
* Arves
* Baronnies
* Bauges
* Beaufortain
* Belledonne
* Bochaine
* Bornes
* Cerces
* Chambeyron
* Chartreuse
* Dévoluy
* Diois
* Écrins
* Escreins
* Giffre
* Gran Paradiso
* Grandes Rousses
* Lauzière
* Luberon
* Mercantour-Argentera
* Mont Blanc
* Mont Cenis
* Parpaillon
* Pelat
* Queyras
* Taillefer
* Trois-Évêchés
* Vanoise
* Vercors

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Alpine sections according to the SOIUSA

Western Alps|

| South-western|

* (1) Ligurian Alps
* (2) Maritime Alps
* (3) Provence Alps and Prealps
* (4) Cottian Alps
* (5) Dauphiné Alps
* (6) Dauphiné Prealps

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North-western|

* (7) Graian Alps
* (8) Savoy Prealps
* (9) Pennine Alps
* (10) Lepontine Alps
* (11) Lugano Prealps
* (12) Bernese Alps i.t.w.m.
* (13) Glarus Alps
* (14) Swiss Prealps

Eastern Alps|

| Central-eastern|

* (15) Western Rhaetian Alps
* (16) Eastern Rhaetian Alps
* (17) Western Tauern Alps
* (18) Eastern Tauern Alps
* (19) Carinthian-Styrian Alps
* (20) Styrian Prealps

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North-eastern|

* (21) North Tyrol Limestone Alps
* (22) Bavarian Alps
* (23) Tyrol Schistose Alps
* (24) Northern Salzburg Alps
* (25) Salzkammergut and Upper Austria Alps
* (26) Northern Styrian Alps
* (27) Northern Lower Austria Alps

South-eastern|

* (28) Southern Rhaetian Alps
* (29) Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
* (30) Brescia and Garda Prealps
* (31) Dolomites
* (32) Venetian Prealps
* (33) Carnic and Gailtal Alps
* (34) Julian Alps and Prealps
* (35) Carintian-Slovenian Alps
* (36) Slovenian Prealps

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