Julian Alps

Julian Alps
The Eastern Julian Alps and Mount Triglav
Highest point
Peak	Triglav
Elevation
Coordinates
Geography
Countries	Italy and Slovenia
Range coordinates
Parent range	Southern Limestone Alps

The Julian Alps (Slovene: Julijske Alpe, Italian: Alpi Giuliecode: it is deprecated ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia and of the former Yugoslavia. They are named after Julius Caesar, who founded the municipium of Cividale del Friuli at the foot of the mountains. A large part of the Julian Alps is included in Triglav National Park. The second highest peak of the range, the 2,775m high Jôf di Montasio, lies in Italy.

The Julian Alps cover an estimated 4,400 km² (of which 1,542 km² lies in Italy). They are located between Sava valley and Kanalska Dolina. They are divided into the Eastern and Western Julian Alps.

Eastern Julian Alps

Triglav from Debela peč

There are many peaks in the Eastern Julian Alps over 2,000m high, and they are mainly parts of ridges. The most important peaks are visible by height and massiveness. There are high plains on the eastern border like Pokljuka, Mežakla and Jelovica.

The Main peaks by height are the following:

• Triglav 2,864 m (9,396 ft); The highest mountain and the Coat of arms of Slovenia
• Škrlatica 2,740 m (8,990 ft)
• Mangart 2,679 m (8,789 ft)
• Jalovec 2,645 m (8,678 ft)
• Razor 2,601 m (8,533 ft)
• Kanjavec 2,568 m (8,425 ft)
• Prisojnik 2,546 m (8,353 ft)
• Prestreljenik 2,500 m (8,202 ft)
• Špik 2,472 m (8,110 ft)
• Tosc 2,275 m (7,464 ft)
• Krn 2,244 m (7,362 ft)

Western Julian Alps

The Western Julian Alps cover a much smaller area, and are located mainly in Italy. Only the Kanin group lies in part in Slovenia. The main peaks by height are:

• Jôf di Montasio 2,755 m (9,039 ft)
• Jof Fuart 2,666 m (8,747 ft)
• Kanin 2,582 m (8,471 ft)

View from Mangart toward east (from left to right: Ponca, Špik, Mojstrovka, Škrlatica, Razor, Prisank, Travnik, Triglav, Kanjavec, Jalovec, Lepo špičje), ...

Passes

The Julian Alps seen from the Vršič Pass.

Important passes of the Julian Alps are:

• The Vršič Pass, 1,611 m (5,826 feet), links the Sava and Soča valleys. It is the highest mountain road pass in Slovenia.
• The Predil Pass (links Villach via Tarvisio and Bovec to Gorizia), paved road 1,156 m (3,792 feet)
• The Hrušica Plateau at the Postojna Gate: (links Ljubljana to Gorizia), paved road 883 m (2,897 feet)
• The Pontebba Pass (links Villach via Tarvisio and Pontebba to Udine), railway, paved road, 797 m (2,615 feet)

Gallery

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  The Julian Alps

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  Edelweiss, Julian Alps, Slovenia

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  The Julian Alps with Prisojnik and Razor

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  The Krnica Valley near Kranjska Gora

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  Mount Mangart

See also

• Italian Julian Alps
• Triglav Lakes Valley
• List of mountains in Slovenia
• Slovenian Mountain Hiking Trail

External links

• Julian Alps on Hiking Trail
• Julian Alps on SummitPost