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Plöcken Pass (German: Plöckenpass Italian: Passo di Monte Croce Carnico) is a high mountain pass in the Carnic Alps mountain range at the border between the Austrian state of Carinthia and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. It links the market town of Kötschach-Mauthen in the Carinthian Gail Valley with the Paluzza municipality in the Carnia region of Friuli.A few miles to the west along the ridge is Mt. Coglians with 2780 m (9121 ft) the highest peak of the Carnic and Gailtal Alps.