Carnic Alps
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mountain group at the border Italy / Austria
Key facts
- 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
- Countries
- Austria Italy
- L nder regioni
- Tyrol Carinthia Friuli-Venezia Giulia Veneto
- Parent range
- Southern Limestone Alps
- Orogeny
- Alpine orogeny
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Austria
- Located in
- Veneto
- Area
- 9010
- Highest point
- Coglians
- Material used
- sedimentary rock
- Image
- Kleine und Große Kinigat Karnischer Hauptkamm 20070706.jpg
- Width
- 143
- Length
- 152
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- Commons category
- Carnic Alps
- topic's main category
- Category:Carnic Alps
- mountain range
- Carnic and Gailtal Alps
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carnic Alps” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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