Karawanken
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| Karawanken | |
| Karavanke | |
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 View to the eastern part of Karawanken from Stol / Hochstuhl
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| Countries | Slovenia, Austria |
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| Part of | Southern Limestone Alps |
| Highest point | Hochstuhl / Veliki Stol |
| - elevation | 2,236 m (7,336 ft) |
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 Location of Karawanken
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Karawanken (German) or Karavanke (Slovene) is a mountain range on the border between Slovenia and Austria. With a total length of 120 km, the Karawanken chain is the longest range in Europe.
Together with the Kamnik Savinja Alps, the Karawanken chain forms a natural border between Austria and Slovenia. A number of mountain passes on important trade routes cross the range. One of them, the Loibl Pass (German) or Ljubelj (Slovene) at 1370 m has been used since prehistory. Nowadays both railway and motorway tunnels are built under the Karavanke, connecting Villach and Jesenice.
Karawanken offers a good opportunity for mountaineering with numerous mountain huts. Many of the peaks offer a good view of the Klagenfurt basin on the Austrian side and the Ljubljana basin on the Slovene side. The Austrian side is rocky and precipitous while the Slovenian side is less steep, covered with spruce forests and low bushy pine at lower altitudes with grass higher up.
The most important peaks are:
- Hochstuhl / Veliki Stol: 2,236 m (7,336 feet)
- Mittagskogel / Kepa: 2,143 m (7,031 feet)
- Petzen / Peca: 2,113 m (6,943 feet)
- Golica / Kahlkogel: 1,836 m (6,023 feet)
Other peaks include Vrtača, Košuta, Begunjščica, Dovška baba and Klek .
[edit] External links
- Karavanke / Karawanken at Hribi.net
- Karawanken at Summitpost
