Predil Pass
The Predil Pass or Predel Pass is a high mountain pass on the border between Italy and Slovenia. Predil Pass has an elevation of 1,156 metres.- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,156 metres
- Description: alpin pass on the frontier Italy-Slovenia
- Also known as: “Passo del Predil”, “Predel”, “Predel / Passo del Predil”, and “Predil”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Predil and Raibl Blockhouse.
Fort Predil
Castle
The Predil Depot, also known as the Predil Roadblock, is a fortification built by Austria-Hungary to guard against an Italian attack through the Predil Pass.
Raibl Blockhouse
Ruins
The Raibl Blockhouse, also known as Fort Gota Aibl, is an Austro-Hungarian fortification built on what is now the Italian-Slovenian border. Work began in the spring of 1885 and ended in July 1887.
Jerebica
Peak
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Jerebica, with an elevation of 2,126 metres, is one of the two-thousand-meter mountains in the Julian Alps of Slovenia. Set on the Italy–Slovenia border, the mountain is located two kilometers immediately south of Lake Predil and five kilometers north of the town of Bovec.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Log pod Mangartom and Strmec na Predelu.
Log pod Mangartom
Village
Photo: Blanka Šteblaj, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Log pod Mangartom, is a settlement in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It comprises the former villages of Gorenji Log and Spodnji Log as well as the hamlets of Loška Koritnica, Možnica, and Pustina.
Strmec na Predelu
Hamlet
Photo: Doremo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Strmec na Predelu is a settlement in the Municipality of Bovec in the Littoral region of Slovenia. It lies on the road to the Predel Pass. Another road, distinguished by being the road built at the highest elevation in Slovenia, splits off the road to Predel and leads to the lodge on Mangart Saddle.
Cave del Predil
Village
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cave del Predil is a frazione subdivision of the comune of Tarvisio in the Province of Udine, in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy.
Predil Pass
- Categories: mountain pass, border crossing, and landform
- Location: Municipality of Bovec, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.41855° or 46° 25′ 7″ northLongitude
13.57817° or 13° 34′ 41″ eastElevation
1,156 metres (3,793 feet)Open location code
8FRMCH9H+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 771167431OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Predil Pass” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Coll del Predil”
- Cebuano: “Passo del Predil”
- Chinese: “普雷迪爾隘口”
- Croatian: “Predel”
- Dutch: “Predilpas”
- French: “col du Predil”
- French: “Col du Predil”
- French: “Predel”
- German: “Predel”
- German: “Predil-Pass”
- German: “Predilpass”
- Hungarian: “Predel”
- Hungarian: “Predil-hágó”
- Italian: “Passo del Predil”
- Italian: “Predilpass”
- Italian: “Prelaz Predel”
- Macedonian: “Превојот Предил”
- Macedonian: “Предилски Превој”
- Polish: “Predel”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Predel”
- Slovenian: “Passo del Predil”
- Slovenian: “Predel”
- Swedish: “Predilpasset”
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