Carnic Alps

[kahr-nik]

plural noun

1. a mountain range in S Austria and N Italy, part of the E Alps. Highest peak, Kellerwand, 9,217 feet (2,809 meters).

Example Sentences

Leaving the whole breadth of Italy between his armies and France, he prepared to cross the rugged summits of the Carnic Alps, and to plunge, with an army of but fifty thousand men, into the very heart of one of the most proud and powerful empires upon the globe, numbering twenty millions of inhabitants.

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Soon both pursuers and pursued stood upon the summit of the Carnic Alps.

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In the north and east Friuli includes portions of the Julian and Carnic Alps, while the south is an alluvial plain richly watered by the Isonzo, the Tagliamento, and many lesser streams which, although of small volume during the dry season, come down in enormous floods after rain or thaw.

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The firm says the Grosse Kinigat and Rosskopf summits offer the most stunning views over the Carnic Alps.

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The Eastern Alps form the broadest and lowest portion of the system, and embrace the Noric Alps, the Carnic Alps, the Julian Alps, &c.; highest peak, the Gross Glockner, 12,405 feet.

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