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South-Eastern Alps

The chief peaks of the South-Eastern Alps, east of the Monte Croce Pass, fall into five small groups, the Julian Alps, Carnic Alps, Karavanke (Karawanken), Kamnik Alps and Savinja Alps -- each peak and pass being distinguished by one of the initial letters "J," "C", "K", "KA" or "S".

   
Triglav (J) 2864 m(9396 feet)
Grintavec (S) 2558 m(8392 feet)
Monte Coglians (C) 2782 m(9128 feet)
Prestreljenik (J) 2500 m(8202 feet)
Kellerwand (C) 2775 m(9105 feet)
Ojstrica (S) 2350 m(7710 feet)
Jof del Montasio (J) 2755 m(9039 feet)
Tosc (J) 2275 m(7464 feet)
Cima dei Preti (C) 2703 m(8868 feet)
Monte Cavallo (C) 2251 m(7386 feet)
Monte Paralba (C) 2691 m(8829 feet)
Krn (J) 2244 m(7362 feet)
Mangart (J) 2679 m(8789 feet)
Stol (K) 2236 m(7336 feet)
Jalovec (J) 2645 m(8677 feet)
Dobrac (C) 2170 m(7120 feet)
Razor (J) 2601 m(8533 feet)   Kepa (K) 2143 m(7031 feet)
Kanin (J) 2582 m(8471 feet)
Storžič (KA) 2132 m(6995 feet)
Monte Cridola (C) 2581 m(8468 feet)   Raduha (S) 2062 m(6765 feet)
Kanjavec (J) 2568 m(8425 feet)   Velika Kapa (K) 1542 m(5059 feet)

The chief passes of the South-Eastern Alps, east of the Monte Croce Pass, are:
Oefnerjoch (Forno Avoltri to St Lorenzen in the Gail Valley), foot path (C) 2301 m(7550 feet)
Wolayer Pass (same to Mauthen), foot path (C) 1922 m(6306 feet)
Loibl Pass or Ljubelj (Klagenfurt to Ljubljana), carriage road (K) 1370 m(4495 feet)
Plocken Pass (Tolmezzo to Mauthen), bridle path (C) 1360 m(4462 feet)
Predil Pass (Villach by d'arvis and Flitsch to Gorizia), carriage road (J) 970 m(3183 feet)
Birnbaumerwald (Ljubljana to Gorizia), carriage road (J) 883 m(2897 feet)
Saifnitz or Pontebba Pass (Villach by Tarvisio and Pontebba to Udine), railway 797 m(2615 feet)

(from an old encyclopedia)