!!!Karnische Alpen

Carnic Alps, in Carinthia and Eastern Tirol, eastern mountain range of 
the Limestone Alps, mostly formed from non metamorphic rock of the 
Palaeozoic, crest forming the frontier with Italy with a length of 
about 110 km and a width of 15 km, to the south of the Gail 
Valley reaching from the Puster Valley to Val Canale (Kanaltal); 
north-south watershed between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea. 
Highest elevation: Hohe Warte Mountain (2,780 m); the bordering 
mountains Reiterkarspitz (2,422 m), Porze (2,599 m), 
Rosskarspitze (2,511 m) and Helm (2,438 m) are part of East 
Tirol. The area around Lake Wolayer See (nature preserve) with the 
Wolayer Kopf Mountain (2,472 m) and Wolay pass (1,974 m, 
footpath only), the Kellerwand mountain with the Kellerspitzen 
(2,774 m) and the Cellon Mountain(2,245 m, Frischenkofel 
Mountain) are in Carinthia. Passes: Ploeckenpass (1,375 m), 
Hochalpe Nassfeld (1,530 m). Mountain refuges: 
Viktor-Hinterberger-Huette (Sillianer Huette) on Lake Fuellhornsee 
near Sillian, Obstanser-See-Huette (2,304 m) on Lake Obstanser 
See, Hochweisssteinhaus (1,867 m), Eduard-Pichl-Huette 
(1,967 m), Dr.-Steinwender-Huette (1,738 m). A special 
geological trail which can be followed all over the Carnic Alps was 
established in 1988 (geological open-air museum).

!Literature
H. P. Schoenlaub, 500 Millionen Jahre Erdgeschichte 
in der Karnischen Region, 1988.


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