Carnic Alps

Carnic Alps
Alps Cjargnelis (Friulian) Karnische Alpen (German) Alpi Carniche (Italian) Karnijske Alpe (Slovene)
View from Pfannspitze along the main ridge to the east.
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 Italy
Länder, Regioni	Tyrol Carinthia Friuli-Venezia Giulia Veneto
Range coordinates	46°30′N 13°00′E / 46.500°N 13.000°E / 46.500; 13.000
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.

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, an age in the Triassic Period.

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.

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

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)
• Cresta di Enghe (2,414 m)
• Monte Ferro (2,348 m)
• Gailtaler Polinik (2,332 m)
• Trogkofel (2,280 m)
• Monte Sernio (2,187 m)

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), footpath (2,301 m)
• Wolayer Pass (same to Kötschach-Mauthen), footpath (1,922 m)

• Carnic Prealps
• Limestone Alps

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