Rožca (in older sources also ''Rožčica'';
["Naše slike." 1909. ''Planinski vestnik'' 15(7): 155.] german: Rosenbachsattel) is a grassy high-elevation
mountain pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...
over the western
Karawanks. The saddle is located between
Hrušica Peak
Hrušica Peak ( sl, Hruški vrh, in older sources also ''Rožčica'';Potočnik, Matko. 1909. ''Vojvodina Koroška'', vol. 1. Ljubljana: Matica Slovenska, p. 20. german: Rosenkogel; ) is a peak in the Western Karawanks between Dovška Baba and M ...
( sl, Hruški vrh) and
Mount Klek, and straddles the border between
Slovenia and
Austria, above the town of
Jesenice. Its slopes serve as sheep pastures.
References
External links
Information about Rožca on Hribi.net
Mountain passes of Slovenia
Karawanks
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