Carnic Alps

The Carnic Alps (; ; ; ) 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

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.

Geography

They extend from east to west for about between the Gail River, a tributary of the Drava and the Tagliamento, forming the border between Austria and Italy.

Alpine Club classification

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

Notable peaks

Among the most important mountains of the range are:

/ (2,782 m)
(2,774 m)
/ (2,694 m)
/ (2,689 m)
(2,603 m)
(2,586 m)
(2,474 m)
(2,462 m)
(2,434 m)
Cresta di Enghe (2,414 m)
Monte Ferro (2,348 m)
(2,332 m)
(2,280 m)
(2,187 m)

Mountain passes

The chief passes of the Carnic Alps are:

PlÃÂ¶cken Pass (Tolmezzo to KÃÂ¶tschach-Mauthen), road (1,360 m)
NaÃÂfeld Pass (Pontebba to Hermagor-Pressegger See), road (1,552 m)
ÃÂfnerjoch (Forni Avoltri to Sankt Lorenzen im Lesachtal), footpath (2,301 m)
Wolayer Pass (same to KÃÂ¶tschach-Mauthen), footpath (1,922 m)

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