![General map of western Slovenia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/General_map_of_western_Slovenia.png)
:''There is also a ''
JavornÃky
The Maple Mountains, Javornik Mountains, or Javorniks (Czech and Slovak: ''JavornÃky'') are a mountain range of the Slovak-Moravian Carpathians that forms part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Its highest point is Veľkà ...
'' mountain range in the
Carpathian mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The range stretches ...
''
The Javornik Hills ( sl, Javorniki) are a
limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
plateau in
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
and part of the
Dinaric Alps
The Dinaric Alps (), also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herz ...
. The highest peak is
Veliki Javornik at above sea level.
At the northern edge of the Javornik Hills lies the
Postojna Gate
The Postojna Gate, less often the Postojna Gap ( sl, Postojnska vrata), named after the local town of Postojna, is a major mountain pass of the Dinaric Alps. It lies in southwestern Slovenia, between the Hrušica Plateau to the north and the Javo ...
.
References
External links
*
Dinaric Alps
Karst plateaus of Slovenia
Plateaus of Inner Carniola
{{Slovenia-geo-stub