Dreiländereck
The Dreiländereck is a mountain in the Karawanks whose summit is the tripoint of the countries of Austria, Italy, and Slovenia. It thus is also the meeting point of three languages: German, Italian, and Slovene. The height of the summit is.
Geography
The municipalities that meet at the tripoint are Arnoldstein in the Austrian state of Carinthia, Kranjska Gora in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia, and Tarvisio in the Italian autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.Name and languages
The mountain's German and Slovene names Ofen and Peč both mean 'cliff' or 'cave', although the Slovene word peč '' can secondarily mean 'oven'. The mountain's Italian name, Forno, means 'oven'. The contemporary German name Dreiländereck is a modern creation, as is the similar Slovene Tromeja.Because three linguistic regions meet here, the mountain is comparable to the Dreisprachenspitze on the Stilfser Joch.