Kamnik–Savinja Alps
The Kamnik–Savinja Alps (Slovene: Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps. They lie in northern Slovenia, except for the northernmost part, which lies in Austria.
| Kamnik–Savinja Alps | |
|---|---|
View of the Kamnik Alps from the Big Pasture Plateau | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Grintovec |
| Elevation | 2,558 m (8,392 ft) |
| Coordinates | 46°21′26″N 14°32′08″E |
| Geography | |
| Countries | Slovenia and Austria |
| Parent range | Southern Limestone Alps Carinthian-Slovenian Alps |
The western part of the range was named the Kamnik Alps (German: Steiner Alpen) in 1778 by the scientists Belsazar Hacquet and Franz Xaver von Wulfen, after the town of Kamnik (Stein) in the valley of the Kamnik Bistrica River. Its eastern part was named the Savinja Alps (Sanntaler Alpen) or Solčava Alps (Sulzbacher Alpen) by the mountaineer Johannes von Frischauf in 1875, after the settlement of Solčava (Sulzbach) and the main river, the upper Savinja (Sann).
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