Kreuzbergsattel
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Kreuzbergsattel is a high mountain pass
Mountain pass
A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge. If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the highest point on that route...

 in the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....

 in the Bundesland
States of Austria
Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states, known in German as Länder . Since Land is also the German word for a country, the term Bundesländer is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitution of Austria uses both terms...

of Carinthia
Carinthia (state)
Carinthia is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes.The main language is German. Its regional dialects belong to the Southern Austro-Bavarian group...

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It connects Greifenburg
Greifenburg
Greifenburg is a market town in the district of Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is situated in the Drava valley on the southern slope of the Kreuzeck mountain range...

 and Hermagor
Hermagor
The Bezirk Hermagor is an administrative district in Carinthia, Austria.The district has an area of 808.02 km² and a population of . Hermagor's population density is nearly people per km²...

 and lies west of the Weissensee
Weissensee (lake)
The Weissensee is a bathing lake in the Austrian state of Carinthia within the Gailtal Alps. It shares its name with the municipality of Weissensee on its northern and southern shore....

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See also

  • List of highest paved roads in Europe
  • List of mountain passes
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