!!!Karawanken

Karawanken Mountain Range: Long mountain range which has formed the 
frontier between Austria (Carinthia) and Slovenia since 1919/20, the 
Karawanken range extends over 120 km from east to west forming the 
geological borderline between the eastern and the southern Alps; its 
width varies from 20 to 40 km. It continues the  Carnic Alps 
eastward. The western part forms a chain, the middle and the eastern 
parts are divided into the main chain in the south and the northern 
chain cut by cross valleys. The highest elevations of the main chains 
are:  Hochstuhl Mountain (2237 m) and  Koschuta Mountain Range 
wall; the highest peaks of the northern chain are:  Hochobir Mountain 
(2,139 m) and the Feistritzer Spitz (Hochpetzen) (2,113 m). 
In the west is the  Mittagskogel Mountain (2,145 m). The 
Karawanken range, with its rugged walls and huge screes is noted for 
its view to the north of the middle Carinthian basin with Lake Woerth, 
Lake Faaker See and the towns Klagenfurt and Villach. Passes:  
Seebergsattel Pass (1,215 m),  Wurzen Pass (1,071 m),  Loibl 
Pass (1,367 m) and Loibl tunnel (in Carinthia: 1,068 m). The 
Karawanken railway line runs through the 8km long Karawanken tunnel 
and the road tunnel runs parallel to it (total tunnel length: 
7,865 m, 4,414 m in Austria). In the fractured rift valleys 
of the Karawanken mineral springs can be found (Vellach, Ebriach, 
Eisenkappel). Near the entrance to the Loibl tunnel is the 
Tscheppaschlucht, a wild and romantic gorge, from which it is not far 
to the Tschauko waterfall and to the Bodental valley with its famous 
"Maerchenwiese" ("enchanted meadow"). Mountain refuges: Bertahuette 
(1,527 m), Klagenfurter Huette (1,664 m), Eisenkappler 
Huette (1,553 m).


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