Karavanke (German: Karawanken) is a mountain range on the border between Slovenia and Austria.

View to the eastern part of Karavanke from Stol

With a total length of 120 km, the Karavanke chain is the longest range in Europe. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 154 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 154 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see number 120. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

Together with the Kamnik Alps and the Savinja Alps, the Karavanke chain forms a natural border between Western and Southeastern Europe. There are therefore a number of mountain passes on important trade routes. One of them, the Loiblpass (Slovenian: Ljubelj) at 1370 m, is over three hundred years old and is the oldest mountain pass in Europe. Today, a motorway runs through a tunnel below the Karavanke, connecting Villach, Austria (Slovenian: Beljak) and Ljubljana, Slovenia. 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 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. ... Western Europe is distinguished from Eastern Europe by differences of history and culture rather than by geography. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Villach (Slovenian Beljak) is the second largest city in Carinthia in the south of Austria, on the river Drau (Slovenian Drave) . It currently has 57,646 inhabitants. ... Three Bridges (Tromostovje) and Franciscan church (Frančiškanska cerkev) in baroque style in the back Ljubljana (IPA ), German Laibach (), Italian Lubiana () is the capital of Slovenia, situated on the outfall of the river Ljubljanica into the Sava, in central Slovenia, between the Alps and the Mediterranean. ...

Karavanke offer a good opportunity for mountaineering with numerous mountain huts. Many of the peaks offer a good view of the Klagenfurt (Slovenian: Celovec) basin as well as over steeper valleys on the Slovenian side. The Austrian side is more rocky and steep while the Slovenian side is less steep and overgrown with forest, grass or pine bushes. An Alpine hut is a building located in the mountains intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers and climbers. ... Klagenfurt (Slovenian Celovec) is the capital of the federal state of Austrian Carinthia (German Kärnten, Slovenian Avstrijska Koroška) in Austria, on the Glan River. ...

The most important peaks are: Categories: Stub ...

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Some others are the Korošica Ridge, Golica, and Olševa.

See also: Mountains of Slovenia Mountains of Slovenia are part of the Alps and of Dinarides. ...