Vratca
Vratca is a mountain saddle in Nova Gorica, Coast and Karst and has an elevation of 403 metres. Vratca is situated nearby to the village Ravnica, as well as near the locality Podrob.Places of Interest
Highlights include Škabrijel and Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica.
Škabrijel
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Škabrijel is a 646-metre hill above the town of Nova Gorica in Slovenia. The hill is named after the Archangel Gabriel.
Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica
Town hall
The Urban Municipality of Nova Gorica is a municipality in the traditional region of the Slovene Littoral in western Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the city of Nova Gorica. Nova Gorica became a municipality in 1994. It borders Italy.
Solkan Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5 si.
The Solkan Bridge is a 219.7-meter arch bridge over the Soča River near Nova Gorica in western Slovenia. With an arch span of 85 meters, it is the world's longest stone arch railroad bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soča Valley and Gorizia.
Soča Valley
Photo: Malenki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Soča or Isonzo is a 138-kilometre long river that flows through western Slovenia and northeastern Italy. An Alpine river in character, its source lies in the Trenta Valley in the Julian Alps in northwestern Slovenia, at an elevation of 876 metres.
Gorizia
Photo: T137, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gorizia is a charming small city in the north-east Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, right on the border with Slovenia.
Solkan
Village
Photo: Sl-Ziga, Public domain.
Solkan is a settlement in the Municipality of Nova Gorica in the Gorizia region of western Slovenia, at the border with Italy. Although it forms a single urban area with the city of Nova Gorica today, it has maintained the status of a separate urban settlement due to its history and the strong local identity of its residents.
Vratca
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 403 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Nova Gorica, Coast and Karst, Slovenia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.9743° or 45° 58′ 28″ northLongitude
13.6891° or 13° 41′ 21″ eastElevation
403 metres (1,322 feet)Open location code
8FQMXMFQ+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4712986338OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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