Kanin (mountain)

Kanin

Kanin
Highest point
Elevation 2,587 m (8,488 ft)
Prominence 1,403 m (4,603 ft)[1]
Coordinates 46°21′32″N 13°26′22″E / 46.35889°N 13.43944°E / 46.35889; 13.43944Coordinates: 46°21′32″N 13°26′22″E / 46.35889°N 13.43944°E / 46.35889; 13.43944
Geography
Kanin

Location in the Alps

Location Littoral, Slovenia and Udine, Italy
Parent range Julian Alps
Big Mount Kanin
Kanin

Mount Kanin or Canin[2] (Resian: Ćanen, Friulian: Mont Cjanine) is a mountain in the Julian Alps on the border of Slovenia and Italy. Its highest summit, Big Mount Kanin (Slovene: Visoki Kanin, Italian: Monte Canin Alto) is 2,587 m above sea level. It separates the upper Soča Valley in Slovenia from the Resia Valley in Italy.

On the Slovenian part of the mountain, which is part of the Municipality of Bovec, lies an important ski resort, which is the highest in the country. There is also a cave on the mountain, Vrtoglavica Cave, which holds the record for having the deepest single vertical drop (pitch) of any cave on earth, at a depth of 603 metres (1,978 ft).

Mount Kanin is an important identity symbol of the people of the Resia Valley, and several popular songs in the Resian dialect are dedicated to the mountain, which the locals call Höra ta Ćanïnawa, or simply Ćanen.

Routes

See also

References

  1. "Kanin - peakbagger". peakbagger.com. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. Visoki Kanin in Geopedia

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