Rožca
Rožca is a grassy high-elevation mountain pass over the western Karawanks. The saddle is located between Hrušica Peak and Mount Klek, and straddles the border between Slovenia and Austria, above the town of Jesenice. Its slopes serve as sheep pastures.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,499 metres
- Description: mountain pass in the Karawanks at the border Carinthia / Slovenia
- Also known as: “Rošca”, “Rosenbachsattel”, and “Rosenbachsattel / Rožca”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Klek and Hrušica Peak.
Klek
Peak
Klek, also known as Petelin or Petelinjek to locals from the villages on the Slovene side below its summit, is a peak in the Western Karawanks, between Golica/Kahlkogel to the east and Dovška Baba to the west.
Hrušica Peak
Peak
Photo: Kaktus999, Public domain.
Hrušica Peak is a peak in the Western Karawanks between Dovška Baba and Mount Klek.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rožca
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Sankt Jakob im Rosental, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.48137° or 46° 28′ 53″ northLongitude
14.01982° or 14° 1′ 11″ eastElevation
1,499 metres (4,918 feet)Open location code
8FRPF2J9+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 560606305OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Rožca” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Rosenbachsattel”
- Cebuano: “Rosenbachsattel”
- Dutch: “Rožca”
- French: “Rosenbachsattel”
- German: “Rosenbachsattel”
- Italian: “Rosenbachsattel”
- Lithuanian: “Rožca”
- Macedonian: “Рожца”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rosenbachsattel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rosenbachsattel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rožca”
- Polish: “Rožca”
- Slovenian: “Rožca”
- Slovenian: “Sedlo Rožca”
- Swedish: “Rosenbachsattel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hruška planina and Jeseniška planina.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rožca and Hruški vrh – žig.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rožca”. Photo: Kaktus999, Public domain.