Karawanks Tunnel
The Karawanks Tunnel is a motorway tunnel crossing the Alpine Karawanks mountain range between Austria and Slovenia, with a total length of 7,864 m, 8,019 m enclosure between the portals.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Golica and Dovška Baba.
Golica
Peak
Photo: Lacen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Golica is a peak in the Western Karawanks, on the border between Slovenia and Austria, above the Slovene town of Jesenice. It is known mainly for its fields of wild white narcissi, swathes of which cover Golica and surrounding pastures in late April and early May. Golica is situated 3 km southeast of Karawanks Tunnel.
Dovška Baba
Peak
Photo: JakobZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dovška Baba, also sometimes known as Dovška Rožca although this actually refers to a pasture some 200 m below the summit, is a peak in the Western Karawanks. Dovška Baba is situated 3 km southwest of Karawanks Tunnel.
Rosenbach train station
Railway station
Photo: Dreinagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rosenbach train station 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.
Planina pod Golico
Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Planina pod Golico is a mountain village in the Municipality of Jesenice, in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It lies on the southern foot of Mount Golica in the Karawanks range, at an elevation of 954 metres. Planina pod Golico is situated 5 km southeast of Karawanks Tunnel.
Plavški Rovt
Village
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plavški Rovt is a settlement in the Municipality of Jesenice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Plavški Rovt is situated 6 km south of Karawanks Tunnel.
Hrušica
Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hrušica is a settlement 3 kilometres west of Jesenice along the main road to Kranjska Gora in the Municipality of Jesenice in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. Hrušica is situated 7 km south of Karawanks Tunnel.
Karawanks Tunnel
- Type: Tunnel
- Description: tunnel between Austria and Slovenia
- Categories: road tunnel, international tunnel, and transportation
- Location: Carinthia, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Karawanks Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡拉万克斯公路隧道”
- Chinese: “卡拉萬克斯隧道”
- Croatian: “Tunel Karavanke”
- Czech: “Dálniční tunel Karavanky”
- Czech: “Silniční tunel Karavanky”
- Danish: “Karawankentunnel”
- Dutch: “Karawankentunnel (autoweg)”
- Dutch: “Karawankentunnel”
- French: “Tunnel de Karawanken”
- French: “tunnel des Karawanken”
- French: “Tunnel des Karawanken”
- German: “Karawankentunnel”
- Hungarian: “Karavankák-alagút”
- Italian: “Traforo delle Caravanche”
- Lithuanian: “Karavankės automobilių tunelis”
- Lithuanian: “Karavankų automobilių tunelis”
- Macedonian: “Караванки тунел (автопат)”
- Macedonian: “Караванки тунел”
- Polish: “Karawankentunnel”
- Polish: “Tunel drogowy Karawanki”
- Polish: “Tunel Karawanki (drogowy)”
- Polish: “Tunel Karawanki”
- Romanian: “Tunelul Karawanken”
- Serbian: “Tunel Karavanke”
- Serbian: “Тунел Караванке”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Karavanke”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tunel Karavanke”
- Slovak: “Karawankentunnel”
- Slovak: “Predor Karavanke”
- Slovak: “Tunel Karavanke”
- Slovenian: “Avtocestni predor Karavanke”
- Slovenian: “Predor Karavanke”
- Swedish: “Karawankentunnel”
- Swedish: “Karawankentunneln”
- Swedish: “Predor Karavanke”
- Ukrainian: “Караванкенський тунель”
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