Mangart Saddle or the Mangart Pass ( sl, Mangartsko sedlo or ) is a

mountain saddle In geomorphology, a col is the lowest point on a mountain ridge between two peaks.Whittow, John (1984). ''Dictionary of Physical Geography''. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 103. . It may also be called a gap. Particularly rugged and forbidding c ...

in the

Julian Alps The Julian Alps ( sl, Julijske Alpe, it, Alpi Giulie, , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large pa ...

in northwestern Slovenia. It has an elevation of . It is the most common starting point for the ascent of Mt. Mangart (). The Mangart Road () that leads over Mangart Saddle, with its elevation of , has a number of turns and is the highest-lying road in Slovenia. It was built in 1938. The Mangart Pass offers a picturesque view towards the

Log Koritnica Valley Log most often refers to: * Trunk (botany), the stem and main wooden axis of a tree, called logs when cut ** Logging, cutting down trees for logs ** Firewood, logs used for fuel ** Lumber or timber, converted from wood logs * Logarithm, in math ...

in Slovenia to the south and the

Lakes of Fusine Fusine in Valromana ( sl, Fužine or ; german: Weißenfels; Friulian: ''Fusinis'') is a ''frazione'' (fractional parish) of the ''comune'' of Tarvisio in the Province of Udine, in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeastern Italy ...

in Italy to the north. The Mangart Saddle Lodge () lies under the saddle. The saddle was the scenery of the film ''

Let's Go Our Own Way ''Let's Go Our Own Way'' ( sl, Gremo mi po svoje) is a 2010 Slovenian adventures youth film directed by Miha Hočevar, starring Jurij Zrnec, Tadej Koren Šmid, and Jure Kreft in the title roles. This film reached the biggest audience in premie ...

''. Mangart Saddle is also known as the finding place of

manganese nodule Polymetallic nodules, also called manganese nodules, are mineral concretions on the sea bottom formed of concentric layers of iron and manganese hydroxides around a core. As nodules can be found in vast quantities, and contain valuable metals, de ...

s from the

Early Jurassic The Early Jurassic Epoch (geology), Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic series (stratigraphy), Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period. The Early Jurassic starts immediately after the Triassic-J ...

period.

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* {{coord missing, Slovenia Mountain passes of the Alps Mountain passes of Slovenia Mountain passes of the Julian Alps Geology of Slovenia Municipality of Bovec