| Sexten Dolomites | |
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  Location in the Alps | |
| Location | Belluno and South Tyrol, Italy |
| Coordinates | 46°39′N12°19′E / 46.650°N 12.317°E Coordinates: 46°39′N12°19′E / 46.650°N 12.317°E |
| Area | 116 km2 (45 sq mi) |
| Established | 1981 |
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The Sexten Dolomites (Italian : Dolomiti di Sesto; German : Sextener Dolomiten) is a mountain range and a nature reserve in South Tyrol, Italy. The nature park was renamed in 2010 to Parco Naturale Tre Cime. [1]
| Peak | Elevation | |
|---|---|---|
| m | ft | |
| Zwölferkofel | 3,094 | 10,151 |
| Elferkofel | 3,092 | 10,144 |
| Tre Cime di Lavaredo | 2,999 | 9,839 |
| Sextener Rotwand | 2,965 | 9,728 |
| Birkenkofel | 2,922 | 9,587 |
| Monte Piana | 2,324 | 7,625 |
The Dolomites are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley. The Dolomites are located in the regions of Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli Venezia Giulia, and nearly equally shared between the provinces of Belluno, Vicenza, Verona, Trentino, South Tyrol, Udine and Pordenone.
Sexten is a comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy. The village is famous as a summer and winter sport resort in the mountains.
The Puster Valley is a valley in the Alps that runs in an east-west direction between Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria and Mühlbach near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy. The South Tyrolean municipalities of the Puster Valley constitute the Puster Valley district.
Dolomite may refer to:
Corvara in Badia is a comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Bolzano.
Innichen is a market town and comune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy.
The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, also called the Drei Zinnen, are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy. They are probably one of the best-known mountain groups in the Alps. The three peaks, from east to west, are:
The Bozner Bergsteigerlied is one of the two unofficial hymns of the South Tyroleans, the other being the Andreas-Hofer-Lied. Its lyrics were composed in 1926 by Karl Felderer in Moos am Ritten to the melody of an old Tyrolean craftsmen's song.
The Monte Piana is a 2,324 meter tall mountain in the Sexten Dolomites and located on the border between the provinces of South Tyrol and Belluno. The smaller Northern summit of the mountain is named Monte Piano (2,305m).
The Birkenkofel is a mountain in the Sexten Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.
The Cima Undici - Elferkofel is a mountain in the Sexten Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.
The Dreischusterspitze is a mountain of the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. It is the highest peak of the Sexten Dolomites and the most northerly 3,000m peak of the range. From the north it resembles a majestic pyramid, while from the east and west it resembles a jagged ridge. The mountain is located above the village of Sexten. It was first climbed in 1869 by Paul Grohmann, Franz Innerkofler and Peter Salcher.
The Haunold is a mountain in the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.
The Paterno; German: Paternkofel) is a mountain in the Dolomites on the border between South Tyrol and the Province of Belluno, Italy.
The Sextener Rotwand or Zehner is a mountain in the Sexten Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.
The Zwölferkofel or Zwölfer is a peak of the Sexten Dolomites on the border between the provinces of South Tyrol and Belluno, in Italy.
The Hochpustertal is the easternmost part of the Puster Valley, stretching from the watershed of the Rienz and Drava rivers at Niederdorf in South Tyrol down the Drava to Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria. The area includes the Sexten and Prags side valleys.
Dolomiten is an Italian local daily newspaper, based in Bozen/Bolzano. It is the oldest and most important German-language newspaper published in South Tyrol, a region where German is spoken by the majority of the inhabitants. The title takes the German name of the local mountain range, the Dolomites.
Viktoria Savs served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War disguised as a man. She was one of two known female soldiers on the Austrian front lines. She served with the knowledge of her superiors, but virtually unrecognized as a woman, on the Dolomite front from 1915 to 1917. After a severe injury in May 1917, she was hospitalized, and her biological sex was discovered, ending her military career. She was awarded several medals for her dedication and bravery. She was known as the "Heroine of the Drei Zinnen."
The Antonio Locatelli hut is a refuge located in the Tre Cime Natural Park in Alto Adige-South Tyrol at an altitude of 2,450 m.
