Kamnik Alps
Savinja Alps
Grintovec (left, background) and Skuta (right, foreground)
Countries	Slovenia, Austria
Part of	Southern Limestone Alps
Highest point	Grintovec
- coordinates	46°21′26″N, 14°32′08″E
- elevation	2,558 m (8,392 ft)
Location of Kamnik Alps

The Kamnik Alps (Slovene Kamniške Alpe, German Steiner Alpen or Sulzbacher Alpen) are a mountain range, part of the Southern Limestone Alps in north Slovenia and at the border of Austria. The name is derived from the town Kamnik (German Stein). Because the main river of the chain is the Savinja, the mountains are also called the Savinja Alps (Slovene Savinjske Alpe, German Sannthaler Alpen). The river Kamniška Bistrica has its spring in the Kamnik Alps. There is also a small glacier under Skuta which is the most eastern glacier in the Southern Alps. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 377 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Kamnik Alps Metadata This file... The Southern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps. ... Grintovec is with 2258 meters the highest mountain of the Kamnik Alps. ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 559 pixels Full resolution (1809 × 1263 pixel, file size: 632 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Kamnik Alps ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... The Southern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps. ... Area: 265. ... Savinja (some older English texts use the German name Sann) is the river in Northeast Slovenia which streams mostly in the Upper and Lower Savinja valley (Slovene Zgornja in Spodnja Savinjska dolina) and through the cities of Celje and LaÅ¡ko. ... KamniÅ¡ka Bistrica is an Alpine river. ... Glacial and Glaciation redirect here. ... Is the third highest peak in the Kamnik Alps it is known by its glacier which is the most eastern in the Southern Limestone Alps. ...

Location

The Kamnik Alps are located at the border of Austria and Slovenia, between the rivers Sava and Savinja. Historically, they were the border between the duchies of Carinthia, Styria and Carniola. The tripoint was located on Uršlja gora (German Ursulaberg). Sava also Save (in Serbian: Сава; German: Save; Hungarian: Száva) is a river in Europe, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... Coat of arms of the Dukes of Carinthia, today state coat The Duchy of Carinthia (German language: Kärnten, Slovenian: KoroÅ¡ka) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until it dissolved in 1918. ... Coat of arms of the Dukes of Styria, crowned with the ducal hat, today state coat The Duchy of Styria (German: Herzogtum Steiermark, Slovenian Å tajerska) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until its dissolution in 1918. ... Carniola English and Latin; (Slovenian Kranjska, German Krain) is a name for a region in Slovenia. ... A tripoint is a point at which three areas join. ...

Peaks

The most important peaks are:

• Grintovec – 2,558 m (8,392 ft)
• Jezerska Kočna – 2,540 m (8,333 ft)
• Skuta – 2,532 m (8,307 ft)
• Ojstrica (2.350 m or 7.710 feet)
• Storžič (2.132 m)
• Raduha (2.062 m or 6.765 feet)

In total, 28 peaks surpass 2,000 m. The total area of the Slovene part is about 900 km². About three quarters of the surface are overgrown with forest while many of the higher peaks are bleak and rocky. Grintovec is with 2258 meters the highest mountain of the Kamnik Alps. ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Is the third highest peak in the Kamnik Alps it is known by its glacier which is the most eastern in the Southern Limestone Alps. ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

Borders and passes

To the east, the Kamnik Alps border the Celje Highland at the Dravinja River. The northwestern border to the Karavanke is the Vellach Valley. River that has its source on Pohorje and flows trough Dravinya Valley trough towns Zreče, Slovenske Konjice, Poljčane, Makole, Majšperk to the Videm pri Ptuju where it merges with river Drava. ... Karavanke (German: Karawanken) is a mountain range on the border between Slovenia and Austria. ...

The most important passes between the Carinthian and Upper Carniolian sides of the mountains are the Jezersko sedlo (Seebergsattel) and the Pavličevo sedlo (Paulitschsattel). On the Slovenian side, there is a skiing area, whereas tourism in the Vellach Valley focuses on health spas. In a range of hills, or especially of mountains, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, bwlch or bealach) is a lower point that allows easier access through the range. ... The Seebergsattel (Slovene: Jezerski vrh) connects the Austrian state of Carinthia (the District of Völkermarkt) with the Slovenian Region of Upper Carniola. ... Paulitschsattel (Slovene: Pavličevo sedlo), or just Paulitsch (el. ... A destination spa is a business establishment which people visit for personal health, life enhancement, fitness, personal care treatments such as massages, facials, in a resort setting. ...

See also

• Mountains of Slovenia

Mountains of Slovenia are part of the Alps and of Dinarides. ...

External links

• Kamnik-Savinja Alps on Hribi.net