Carnic Alps

Tarvisio (German and ; ) is a (municipality) in the Regional Decentralization Entity of Udine, in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy.

Sauris () is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. At an elevation of , it is the second highest municipality in the region and one of the German language islands in Northeast Italy. Sauris is part of the Alpine pearls cooperation for sustainable tourism.

thumb|Cima Sappada thumb|Parish church Sappada ( or ; ; ; ) is a (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Italian comune

municipality in Hermagor District, Carinthia, Austria

Kötschach-Mauthen is a market town in the district of Hermagor in Carinthia in Austria.

municipality in Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria

municipality in Hermagor District, Carinthia, Austria

municipality in Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria

municipality in Hermagor District, Carinthia, Austria

mountain group at the border Italy / Austria

Hohenthurn () is a municipality in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Monte Coglians (Friulian: Coliàns; ) is the highest mountain of the Carnic Alps, on the border between Italy (province of Udine) and Austria (Carinthia), west of the Monte Croce Carnico pass (Plöcken Pass). With its elevation of , it is the highest peak of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy and of the Carnic and Gailtal Alps.

Peralba (Hochweißstein in German) is a mountain of the Carnic Alps in Veneto, northeastern Italy, although its summit is only a few hundred metres from the Austrian border. It has a height of 2,694 m making it the second highest mountain of the Carnics, after Coglians (in Italy). It lies on the main chain of the range, between the Austrian Lesachtal Valley in the north and the Italian Piave Valley in the south. The mountain resembles a huge cubic block of the stone, with a large summit plateau, and dominates the view from miles around.

mountain pass in the Carnic Alps at the border Austria / Italy

thumb|300px|Monte Bìvera near Sauris Carnia ( or Cjargna/Cjargno in local variants, , , ) is a historical-geographic region in the northeastern Italian area of Friuli. Its 27 municipalities all belong to the province of Udine, which itself is part of the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

mountain on the Austrian-Italian frontier, near Sexten

mountain in the Carnic Alps at the border East Tyrol / province of Belluno

The Slizza (Italian) or Gailitz (German; , ) is an Alpine torrent in Italy and Austria, a right tributary of the river Gail. Its drainage basin is .

The twin peaks of the Kellerspitzen () form the second highest mountain () in the Carnic Alps, a mountain range in the Southern Limestone Alps within both Austria and Italy. The two summits rise in the middle of the east-west oriented Kellerwandgrat, an arête that forms the main chain of the Carnic Alps here. The border between the Austrian state of Carinthia and the Italian Province of Udine runs along this ridge. The West Top (Westgipfel), also called the Grohmannspitze, is 2,718 m; the East or Main Top (Ostgipfel or Hauptgipfel) is 2,774 m. The mountain offers a wide panoramic vie

Gartnerkofel (2,195 m) is a mountain of the Carnic Alps in Carinthia, Austria. It is located on the main chain of the Carnics above the Naßfeld Pass, near the border with Italy. The nearest town is Hermagor-Pressegger See. The mountain has two summits, and ravines fall down from its northern slopes, which are separated by rocky ridges. The normal route is from the northwest, from where it an easy climb across the ridge to the summit. The mountain is also a popular ski touring destination.

The Eiskar is the only existing glacier in the Carnic Alps, a mountain range in Austria and Italy. It is a typical cirque glacier that, thanks to its shady location and to avalanche breaks in its catchment area, has been able to survive at the relatively low height of 2160–2390 metres above sea level. Although the ice sheet in good times could calve over a rock wall down to the pasture of Valentinalm below, currently it is rapidly becoming a sheet of dead ice. In the period 2007–2014, however, no significant retreat was observed. The glacier may be accessed from below up a klettersteig, a

lake in the Carnic Alps in Carinthia

mountain pass

mountain pass

mountain in the Carnic Alps at the border Carinthia / Italy

human settlement in Italy

mountain in the Carnic Alps in Carinthia

Cjarsons (), also known as cjalsons or cjalzons, is a typical dish of Friulan cuisine, more specifically of the alpine region of Carnia, but also common in the whole Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

mountain range