Sölk Pass
Encyclopedia
Sölk Pass is a high mountain pass
in the Austria
n Alps
in the Bundesland
of Styria.
It crosses the Niedere Tauern
and connects the Mur River valley with the Enns River
valley.
The pass road is a secondary highway and is not cleared in winter. Nearby passes include Radstädter Tauern Pass
and the Tauern Tunnel to the west and Triebener Tauern Pass
to the east.
Mountain pass
A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge. If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the highest point on that route...
in the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n Alps
Alps
The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
in the Bundesland
States of Austria
Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states, known in German as Länder . Since Land is also the German word for a country, the term Bundesländer is often used instead to avoid ambiguity. The Constitution of Austria uses both terms...
of Styria.
It crosses the Niedere Tauern
Niedere Tauern
The Niedere Tauern or Low Tauern are a mountain range in central Austria, part of the Central Eastern Alps. They lie on the main chain of the Alps in in the states of Salzburger Land and Styria...
and connects the Mur River valley with the Enns River
Enns River
The Enns is a southern tributary of the Danube River, joining northward at Enns, Austria. The Enns River spans , in a flat-J-shape. It flows from its source near the towns of Gasthofalm and Flachau, generally eastward through Radstadt, Schladming, and Liezen, then turns north near Hieflau, to flow...
valley.
The pass road is a secondary highway and is not cleared in winter. Nearby passes include Radstädter Tauern Pass
Radstädter Tauern Pass
Radstädter Tauern Pass is a high mountain pass in the Radstädter Tauern which are in the Niedere Tauern range of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria between Radstadt and Mauterndorf in the state of Salzburg....
and the Tauern Tunnel to the west and Triebener Tauern Pass
Triebener Tauern Pass
Triebener Tauern Pass is a mountain pass in the Central Eastern Alps in Austria, in the Bundesland of Styria. It crosses the Niedere Tauern chain, connecting the city of Judenburg in the Mur valley in the south with Trieben in the north....
to the east.
See also
- List of highest paved roads in Europe
- List of mountain passes