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Matajur () is a mountain in the Julian Alps on the border between Italy and Slovenia. It is located on the border between the Soča Valley and the Italian mountainous region known as Venetian Slovenia, with views over the Adriatic Sea. Its prominence is .

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Mountain.name
Matajur
Mountain.photo
Matajur_v_ozadju.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
View of Matajur from the village of Borjana (southwestern Slovenia)
Mountain.elevation_m
1650
Mountain.prominence_m
1385
Mountain.map
Alps
Mountain.map_caption
Location in the Alps
Mountain.location
Slovenia / Italy
Mountain.range
Julian Alps and Prealps

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Elevation
1642
Image
Matajur001.JPG
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Matajur
topographic prominence
1385
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Matajur () is a mountain in the Julian Alps on the border between Italy and Slovenia. It is located on the border between the Soča Valley and the Italian mountainous region known as Venetian Slovenia, with views over the Adriatic Sea. Its prominence is .

==Name== Matajur was attested as Mons Regis circa 680, and as in Monte Majori in 1275. The Slovene name Matajur is derived via vowel harmony or akanye from *Motajur (< Mǫtmajur), which was borrowed from a Friulian name that developed from Romance Monte(m) maiōre(m) 'higher mountain'. It is known as ''Mat'jur in the local dialect, and in Friulian as Mòntmaiôr or Mataiûr'' (a reborrowing from Slovene). Another old name for this peak is Velika Baba.

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