Karawanks Tunnel

The Karawanks Tunnel is a motorway tunnel crossing the Alpine mountain range between and , with a total length of 7,864 m, 8,019 m enclosure between the portals.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Tunnel
  • Description: tunnel between Austria and Slovenia
  • Also known as: “Karavankės automobilių tunelis”, “Karawankentunnel (autoweg)”, “Silniční tunel Karavanky”, “Tunel Karawanki (drogowy)”, “Tunnel de Karawanken”, and “卡拉万克斯公路隧道”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Golica and Dovška Baba.

Peak
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is a peak in the Western , on the… is situated 3 km southeast of Karawanks Tunnel.

Peak
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, also sometimes known as Dovška Rožca… is situated 3 km southwest of Karawanks Tunnel.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Karawanks Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Planina pod Golico and Plavški Rovt.

Village
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is a mountain village in the… is situated 5 km southeast of Karawanks Tunnel.

Village
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is a settlement in the… is situated 6 km south of Karawanks Tunnel.

Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a settlement 3 kilometres west of Jesenice… is situated 7 km south of Karawanks Tunnel.

Karawanks Tunnel

Latitude
46.50917° or 46° 30′ 33″ north
Longitude
14.02111° or 14° 1′ 16″ east
Elevation
886 metres (2,907 feet)
Open location code
8FRPG25C+MC
Geo­Names ID
2774749
Wiki­data ID
Q684130
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Karawanks Tunnel” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “卡拉万克山公路隧道”
  • Chinese: “卡拉萬克斯隧道”
  • Croatian: “Tunel Karavanke”
  • Czech: “Dálniční tunel Karavanky”
  • Danish: “Karawankentunnel”
  • Dutch: “Karawankentunnel”
  • French: “tunnel des Karawanken”
  • French: “Tunnel des Karawanken”
  • German: “Karawankentunnel”
  • Hungarian: “Karavankák-alagút”
  • Italian: “Traforo delle Caravanche”
  • Lithuanian: “Karavankų automobilių tunelis”
  • Macedonian: “Автопатен тунел Караванки”
  • Polish: “Tunel drogowy Karawanki”
  • Polish: “Tunel Karawanki”
  • Romanian: “Tunelul Karawanken”
  • Serbian: “Tunel Karavanke”
  • Serbian: “Тунел Караванке”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Karavanke”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tunel Karavanke”
  • Slovak: “Karawankentunnel”
  • Slovenian: “Avtocestni predor Karavanke”
  • Slovenian: “Predor Karavanke”
  • Swedish: “Karawankentunneln”
  • Ukrainian: “Караванкенський тунель”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Rosenbach and Schlatten.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Baba and Gnadia.

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