Mangart

Mangart
Mangart
	Mangrt
	Mangart
Highest point
Elevation	2,679 m (8,789 ft)
Prominence	1,065 m (3,494 ft) [1]
Isolation	12.7 kilometres (7.9 mi)
Listing	Alpine mountains 2500-2999 m
Coordinates	46°26′24″N 013°39′14″E / 46.44000°N 13.65389°ECoordinates: 46°26′24″N 013°39′14″E / 46.44000°N 13.65389°E
Geography
	Mangart Location in the Alps
Location	Slovenia - Italy
Parent range	Julian Alps
Climbing
First ascent	1794

Mangart or Mangrt is a mountain in the Julian Alps, located on the border between Italy and Slovenia. With an elevation of 2,679 metres (8,789 ft), it is the third-highest peak in Slovenia, after Triglav and Škrlatica. It was first climbed in 1794 by the naturalist Franz von Hohenwart. Mangart is also the name of the mountain range between the Koritnica Valley and the Mangart Valley, with the highest peak called Veliki Mangart (Big Mount Mangart).

The road to Mangart Saddle (Slovene: Mangartsko sedlo; 2,072 metres or 6,798 feet) is the highest road in Slovenia.^[2] The Mangart Pass Hut is located at the western foot of Mangart. There are two lakes under Mangart's northern face.

North face of Mangart, seen from the Lakes of Fusine, Italy
At the peak
Mangart Saddle Lodge

References

↑ "Mangart - peakbagger". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
↑ Velkovrh, Ciril (2004). "Veliki vrhovi na zemljevidih Atlasa Slovenije" [Veliki Vrh on the Maps of the Atlas of Slovenia] (PDF). Geodetski vestnik (in Slovenian). Association of Geodesists. 48 (1): 108–110. ISSN 0351-0271.

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[peakbagger-1] "Mangart - peakbagger". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 February 2015.

[2] Velkovrh, Ciril (2004). "Veliki vrhovi na zemljevidih Atlasa Slovenije" [Veliki Vrh on the Maps of the Atlas of Slovenia] (PDF). Geodetski vestnik (in Slovenian). Association of Geodesists. 48 (1): 108–110. ISSN 0351-0271.