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With a total length of 120 kilometres (75 mi) in an east–west direction, the Karawanks chain is one of the longest ranges in Europe. [7] It is traversed by important trade routes and has a great tourist significance. Geographically and geologically, it is divided into the higher Western Karawanks and the lower-lying Eastern Karawanks.
Obir Dripstone Caves Trögern Gorge. The Geopark Karawanken/Karavanke is located in the Karawanks mountain range in Austria and in Slovenia and comprises an area of 1067 km 2.The crossborder geopark has numerous geological and other natural sights and became a member of the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network in 2013.
The Karawanks, a single, long mountain chain.This is the Koschuta ridge near Zell, Carinthia. A mountain chain is a row of high mountain summits, a linear sequence of interconnected or related mountains, [1] or a contiguous ridge of mountains within a larger mountain range.
They're both part of the Dinaric Alps, a mountain chain that spans towards the southeast. The highest peak is Snežnik. Part of the Dinaric Alps are also the Gorjanci mountain range, and in the Slovenian Istria, Mt. Slavnik (1,028 m) and Mt. Vremščica (1,027 m).
The Loibl Pass (German: Loiblpass) or Ljubelj Pass (Slovene: prelaz Ljubelj) is a high mountain pass in the Karawanks chain of the Southern Limestone Alps, linking Austria with Slovenia. The Loibl Pass road is the shortest connection between the Carinthian town of Ferlach and Tržič in Upper Carniola and part of the European route E652 from ...
Wertatscha stands on the main chain of the Karawanks, which marks the border here between Austria (municipality of Ferlach) and Slovenia (municipality of Žirovnica).To the north the mountain drops in steep, up to 600-metre-high, rock faces into the valley of Bodental above Windisch Bleiberg; the southern side is gentler.
The summit is part of the Karawanks main ridge and the watershed between the Sava and Drava rivers. In the north, the Dachstein limestone rocks fall steeply to an over 500 m (1,600 ft) depth. The massif comprises several subpeaks, such as Mali Stol ('Little Chair'), at 2,198 m (7,211 ft).
Hochobir, with its peak at 2,139 m (7,018 ft), is the highest mountain in the Obir massif, located in the northern Karawanks range. Other notable peaks are Kuhberg (2,026 metres (6,647 ft)), Kleinobir (1,948 metres (6,391 ft)), Vielspitz (1,624 metres (5,328 ft)), and Altberg (1,552 metres (5,092 ft)).