| Mangart road | |
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| Elevation | 2,055 m (6,742 ft) |
| Traversed by | Road |
The Mangart road, (Slovene : Mangartska cesta), at 2,055 m, is the highest road in Slovenia. It is the access road from Log pod Mangartom to the Mangart pass at Mangart. It was built in late 1930s. [1] [2]
The Julian Alps are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large part of the Julian Alps is included in Triglav National Park. The second highest peak of the range, the 2,755 m high Jôf di Montasio, lies in Italy.
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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.
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The Koritnica, with a length slightly over 16 kilometers (9.9 mi), is a right tributary of the Soča River. It flows west through the Log Koritnica Valley south of Mount Mangart and then turns south near Log pod Mangartom, flowing past the Kluže Fortress and through the 70-meter (230 ft) deep and 200-meter (660 ft) long Kluže Canyon, also known as the Koritnica Canyon. It empties into the Soča southeast of Bovec.
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