Klek (; ), also known as ''Petelin'' or ''Petelinjek'' to locals from the villages on the Slovene side below its summit, is a peak in the Western

Karawanks The Karawanks or Karavankas or Karavanks (; , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps on the border between Slovenia to the south and Austria to the north. With a total length of in an east–west direction, the Karawanks chain is o ...

, between Golica/Kahlkogel to the east and Dovška Baba (German: ) to the west. It lies on the border between

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

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 ...

above the town of

Jesenice Jesenice (, ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is the tenth-largest town in Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper C ...

. On the northern side towards

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 ...

the peak itself is very steep and mostly composed of brittle rock and

scree Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall. Landforms associated with these materials are often called talus deposits. The term ''scree'' is ap ...

, and is accessible from Rosenbach on the Austrian side only via

Rožca Rožca (in older sources also ''Rožčica'';"Naše slike." 1909. ''Planinski vestnik'' 15(7): 155. ) is a grassy high-elevation mountain pass over the western Karawanks. The saddle is located between Hrušica Peak () and Mount Klek, and straddl ...

Saddle. Due to their inaccessibility, its northern slopes are known for their

alpine flora Alpine flora may refer to: * Alpine tundra, a community of plants that live at high altitude * Alpine plant Alpine plants are plants that grow in an alpine climate, which occurs at high elevation and above the tree line. There are many different pl ...

, particularly the protected

edelweiss ''Leontopodium nivale'', commonly called edelweiss () ( ; or ), is a mountain flower belonging to the daisy or sunflower family Asteraceae. The plant prefers rocky limestone places at about altitude. It is a non-toxic plant. Its leaves and f ...

. It is more easily accessible from the Slovene side from Planina pod Golico. The Karawanks Tunnel crosses the border between Austria and Slovenia almost right underneath Klek.

References

External links

Information about Klek on Hribi.net
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