Carnic Alps

Carnic Alps
Alps Cjargnelis (Friulian) Karnische Alpen (German) Alpi Carniche (Italian) Karnijske Alpe (Slovene)
Wolayer Lake in the Carnic Alps
Highest point
Peak	Coglians
Elevation	2,782 m (9,127 ft)
Coordinates	46°36′N 12°53′E / 46.600°N 12.883°E / 46.600; 12.883
Geography
Countries	Austria and Italy
Lander, Regioni	Tyrol, Carinthia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto
Range coordinates	46°30′N 13°00′E / 46.5°N 13°E / 46.5; 13Coordinates: 46°30′N 13°00′E / 46.5°N 13°E / 46.5; 13
Parent range	Southern Limestone Alps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

The Carnic Alps (Italian: Alpi Carniche; German: Karnische Alpen; Slovene: Karnijske Alpe; Friulian: Alps Cjargnelis) are a range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Austria and northeastern Italy. They are within Austrian East Tyrol and Carinthia, and Italian Friuli (Province of Udine) and marginally in Veneto of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

Etymology

They are named after the Roman province of Carnia, which probably has a Celtic origin.

The mountains gave their name to the stage on the geologic time scale known as Carnian.

Geography

They extend from east to west for about 100 km (62 mi) between the Gail River, a tributary of the Drava and the Tagliamento, forming the border between Austria and Italy.

Alpine Club classification

The Carnic Alps are divided into two distinct areas:

Carnic Main Crest (Karnischer Hauptkamm) (AVE 57a)
Carnic Prealps (Karnische Voralpen), i.e. the Friaul Dolomites and their foothills, the former are, from the Mauria Pass southwards, counted as part of the group known as the Southern Carnic Alps (Südliche Karnische Alpen) (AVE 57b), which also includes the Bellunese Prealps (Venetian Prealps).

In the Carnic Alps is the southernmost glacier in Austria, the Eiskar, nestling in the Kellerwand massif.

Notable peaks

Among the most important mountains of the range are:

Coglians / Hohe Warte (2,782 m)
Kellerspitzen (2,774 m)
Monte Peralba / Hochweißstein (2,694 m)
Monte Cavallino / Große Kinigat (2,689 m)
Rosskopf (2,603 m)
Monte Terza Grande (2,586 m)
Monte Bìvera (2,474 m)
Creta Forata (2,462 m)
Helm (2,434 m)
Gailtaler Polinik (2,332 m)
Trogkofel (2,280 m)
Monte Sernio (2,187 m)

Mountain passes

Wind turbine on the Austrian side of the Plöcken Pass

The chief passes of the Carnic Alps are:

Plöcken Pass (Tolmezzo to Kötschach-Mauthen), road (1,360 m)
Naßfeld Pass (Pontebba to Hermagor-Pressegger See), road (1,552 m)
Öfnerjoch (Forni Avoltri to Sankt Lorenzen im Lesachtal), foot path (2,301 m)
Wolayer Pass (same to Kötschach-Mauthen), foot path (1,922 m)

References

External links

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Mountain ranges of the Southern Limestone Alps according to the AVE

Adamello-Presanella Alps Brenta group Dolomites Fiemme Mountains Gailtal Alps Garda Mountains Julian Alps Karavanks and Pohorje Carnic Main Crest Nonsberg Group Ortler Alps Sobretta-Gavia Group Kamnik–Savinja Alps Southern Carnic Alps Vicentine Alps

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 237690218 GND: 4029734-2

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