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Carnic Alps

Carnic Alps
Alps Cjargnelis  (Friulian)
Karnische Alpen  (German)
Alpi Carniche  (Italian)
Karnijske Alpe  (Slovene)
Lago volaia.jpg
Wolayer Lake in the Carnic Alps
Highest point
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
Geography
Countries Austria and Italy
Lander, Regioni Tyrol, Carinthia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto
Range coordinates 46°30′N 13°00′E / 46.5°N 13°E / 46.5; 13Coordinates: 46°30′N 13°00′E / 46.5°N 13°E / 46.5; 13
Parent range Southern Limestone Alps
Geology
Orogeny Alpine orogeny

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 of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.

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.

They extend from east to west for about 100 km (62 mi) between the Gail River, a tributary of the Drava and the Tagliamento, forming the border between Austria and Italy.

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


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