Rožca

Rožca

View towards Rožca from Black Peak (Črni vrh)
Highest point
Elevation 1,587 m (5,207 ft)
Coordinates 46°28′50″N 14°01′10″E / 46.48056°N 14.01944°E / 46.48056; 14.01944Coordinates: 46°28′50″N 14°01′10″E / 46.48056°N 14.01944°E / 46.48056; 14.01944[1]
Geography
Rožca Pass

Location of Rožca Pass

Location Slovenia
Parent range Karawanken Alps

Rožca (in older sources also Rožčica;[2] German: Rosenbachsattel) is a grassy high-elevation mountain pass over the western Karawanks. The saddle is located between Hrušica Peak (Slovene: Hruški vrh) and Mount Klek, and straddles the border between Slovenia and Austria, above the town of Jesenice. Its slopes serve as sheep pastures.

References

  1. Rožca on Geopedia
  2. "Naše slike." 1909. Planinski vestnik 15(7): 155.


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