Carnic Alps

Carnic Alps
Italian: Alpi Carniche, German: Karnische Alpen
Range
Volaia Lake in the Carnic Alps
Countries	Austria, Italy
States	East Tyrol, Carinthia, Friuli

Part of	Southern Limestone Alps

Highest point	Coglians
- elevation	2,782 m (9,127 ft)
- coordinates	46°36′N 12°53′E / 46.6, 12.883

Eastern Alps in light grey, Carnic Alps hilighted in yellow

The Carnic Alps (Italian: Alpi Carniche) are a range of the Southern Limestone Alps at the borders of East Tyrol, Carinthia and Friuli, between Austria and Italy. They extend from east to west for about 100 km between the Drava, Gail and Tagliamento rivers.

They are named after the Roman province of Carnia, which name probably had a Celtic origin.

The mountains gave their name to the stage on the geologic time scale known as Carnian.

The most important peaks are:

Coglians (2,782 m)
Kellerwand (2,775 m)
Cima dei Preti (2,703 m))
Monte Cavallo (2,251 m)
Monte Peralba (2,691 m)
Monte Cridola (2,581 m)
Dobratsch/Dobrac (2,170 m)

The chief passes of the Carnic Alps are:

Oefnerjoch (Forni Avoltri to St Lorenzen in the Gail Valley), foot path (2,301 m)
Wolayer Pass (same to Mauthen), foot path (1,922 m)
Plöcken Pass (Tolmezzo to Mauthen), bridle path (1,360 m)