Digne Prealps

The Digne Prealps (Préalpes de Digne) are a massif in the southern part of the French Prealps located in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Location
The massif extends around Digne-les-Bains, between the Durance river and Serre-Ponçon lake to the north, and the Verdon gorge to the south. It is bordered by the communes of Sisteron, Gréoux-les-Bains and Castellane.

It is surrounded to the northwest by the Bochaine, to the northeast by Massif des Trois-Évêchés, to the south-east by the Castellane Prealps and finally to the west by the Vaucluse mountains and the Baronnies Massif.

Main summits

 * Les Monges, 2,115 m ,
 * Clot Ginoux (or Les Cimettes), 2,112 m
 * l'Oratoire, 2,071 m
 * Tête Grosse, 2,032 m
 * Laupie (ou Tourtoureau), 2,025 m
 * Clos de Bouc, 1,962 m
 * Montagne de Chine, 1,952 m
 * Mourre de Chanier, 1,930 m
 * Marzenc, 1,930 m
 * Sommet de Nibles, 1,909 m
 * Mont Chiran, 1,905 m
 * Grande Cloche de Barles, 1,887 m
 * Montagne de Jouere, 1,886 m
 * Chanau, 1,885 m
 * Géruen Ridge, 1,880 m
 * Grande Gautiere, 1,825 m

Geology
These ranges are identified by geologists by the Digne nappes, on the edge of the Trois-Évêchés massif, extending to Gap, whose characteristic outcrops are gypsum. It gradually leads to the Provençal limestone domain, towards the west and south, particularly towards the Valensole plateau.