Rožca
Encyclopedia
Rožca is a grassy high-altitude mountain pass
over the Western Karawanken
Alps. The saddle is located between the Karawanken peaks of Hruški vrh
and Klek, and straddles the border between Slovenia
and Austria
, above the town of Jesenice. Its slopes serve as sheep pastures.
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...
over the Western Karawanken
Karawanken
Karavanke or Karawanken is an Alpine mountain range on the border between Slovenia and Austria. With a total length of 120 km, the Karavanke chain is one of the longest ranges in Europe....
Alps. The saddle is located between the Karawanken peaks of Hruški vrh
Hruški vrh
Hruški vrh is a peak in the Western Karawanken Alps between Dovška Baba and Klek.-External links:*...
and Klek, and straddles the border between Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
and 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...
, above the town of Jesenice. Its slopes serve as sheep pastures.