Ljubljana Gap

The Ljubljana Gap,^[1][2] less often the Ljubljana Gate^[3][4] (Slovene: Ljubljanska vrata), is a geographical term for the transition area between the Alps and Dinaric Alps that passes from southwest to northeast between Trieste and Ljubljana.

A strategically-vital mountain pass in Europe, it is named after Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia.^[5]

References

1. Weigley, Russell Frank (1991). The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. p. 332.
2. Morison, Samuel Eliot (2002). Invasion of France and Germany: 1944–1945. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. p. 227.
3. Scope of Soviet activity in the United States. Part 41: Hearings before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. 1956. p. 3385.
4. Popov, Nebojša (2000). The Road to War in Serbia: Trauma and Catharsis. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 633.
5. "Pregled utrdbenih sistemov Postojnsko-ljubljanskih vrat". Utrdbe na slovenskem. adpirum.si. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.

45°45′35.49″N 14°11′39.61″E