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The Karawank Mountains (German Karawanken or Slovenian Karavanke) are a mountain range on the border between Slovenia and Austria. With a total length of 120 km, the Karawank chain is the longest range in Europe. 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. ... For other uses, see number 120. ... This article is very long. ...

View to the eastern part of Karawanks from Stol / Hochstuhl

Together with the Kamnik Alps and the Savinja Alps, the Karawank chain forms a natural border between Austria and Slovenia. There are therefore a number of mountain passes on important trade routes. One of them, the Loiblpass (Slovenian: Ljubelj) at 1370 m has been used since prehistory. Nowadays both railway and motorway run through tunnels below the Karawanks, connecting Villach (Slovenian: Beljak) and Jesenice (German: Aßling). 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. ... The Kamnik Alps (Slovene KamniÅ¡ke 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. ... Loibl Pass (German: ; Slovenian: the popular) is a mountain pass in the Karawanken chain of the Alps, linking Austria with Slovenia. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Prehistoric man. ... Villach [ˈfɪlax] (Slovenian Beljak) is the second largest city in Carinthia in the south of Austria, on the river Drau (Slovenian Drava) and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. ... Area: 75. ...

The Karawanks offer a good opportunity for mountaineering with numerous mountain lodges. 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. Mountaineering is the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking and climbing up mountains. ... Klagenfurt, (Slovenian Celovec) is the capital of the federal state of Carinthia, in Austria, on the Glan river. ...

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

• Stol / Hochstuhl: 2236 m (7336 feet)
• Mittagskogel / Kepa: 2143 m (7031 feet)
• Peca / Petzen: 2 113 m (6943 feet)
• Velika Kapa: 1542 m (5059 feet)

Some others are the Korošica Ridge, Kahlkogel / Golica, and Olševa. The metre, or meter (U.S.), 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. ... A Peça (Portuguese) (also boa peça, peça da India, and pieza de India –Piece of India, Spanish) was a unit of value in the slave trade in West Africa through the Cape Verde Islands during the 16th to 18 centuries. ...

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Coordinates: 46°25′N 14°25′E Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...