Carnic Alps

American  

[kahr-nik] / ˈkɑr nɪk /

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).

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Example Sentences

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.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

My second day was devoted to a view of the Italian mountain warfare in the Carnic Alps.

From A Visit to Three Fronts June 1916 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

The line thence turns south, crossing Mount Toblach and meeting the present frontier Carnic Alps.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew

In the Carnic Alps hardly anything of importance occurred throughout the late spring and the entire summer of 1916, excepting fairly continuous artillery bombardments, varying in strength and extent.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

The Italian positions at Tolmino and Plezzo were captured and the whole Italian force was compelled to retreat along a seventy-mile front from the Carnic Alps to the sea.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew