Monte Coglians ( Friulian: ''Coliàns''; ) is the highest mountain of the

Carnic Alps The Carnic Alps (; ; ; ) are a range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Austria and northeastern Italy. They are within Austrian East Tyrol and Carinthia, and Italian Friuli (Province of Udine) and marginally in Veneto. Etymology They are ...

, on the border between

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

(

province of Udine The province of Udine (; ; ; ; ) was a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, bordering Austria and Slovenia, with the capital in the city of Udine. Abolished on 30 September 2017, it was reestablished in 2019 as the Re ...

) and

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

(

Carinthia Carinthia ( ; ; ) is the southernmost and least densely populated States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The Lake Wolayer is a mountain lake on the Carinthian side of the Carnic Main ...

), west of the Monte Croce Carnico pass (

Plöcken Pass Plöcken Pass (, ) is a high mountain pass in the Carnic Alps mountain range at the border between the Austrian state of Carinthia (state), Carinthia and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. It links the market town of Kötschach-Mauthen in ...

). With its elevation of , it is the highest peak of the

Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea. Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...

region of Italy and of the Carnic and Gailtal Alps. Monte Coglians is characterised by

karst topography Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. Ther ...

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List of Italian regions by highest point This is a list of Italian regions by highest point. In one case, two regions (Basilicata and Calabria) share the highest point ( Serra Dolcedorme), as it is located on their border. List Notes References See also * List of mountains of ...

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Monte Coglians on Hribi.net

Monte Coglians on Hike.uno
* Mountains of the Alps Mountains of Carinthia Mountains of Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli Austria–Italy border International mountains of Europe Two-thousanders of Austria Carnic Alps Two-thousanders of Italy Highest points of Italian regions {{Carinthia-geo-stub

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