List of mountains in Croatia
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This is a list of mountains (Croatian: planina) in Croatia.
The highest mountains in Croatia belong to the Dinarides range that is sometimes also called Dinaric Alps, of which Dinara is the highest mountain in Croatia. Together with the easternmost parts of the Alps, these mountains span most of the country, and their orogenic activity started in the Paleozoic with the Variscan orogeny and continued in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic with the Alpine orogeny.
The mountains in the northeastern part of the country, in the Pannonian plain, are considerably older than the rest as their orogeny happened in the Paleozoic.
Mountains in the list are ordered by height.
| Mountain | Peak | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Dinara | Dinara (Sinjal)[note 1] | 1831 |
| Kamešnica | Kurljaj or Kamešnic. [note 2] | 1809 |
| Biokovo | Sveti Jure | 1762 |
| Velebit | Vaganski vrh | 1757 |
| Plješevica | Ozeblin | 1657 |
| Velika Kapela | Bjelolasica (Kula) | 1533 |
| Risnjak | Risnjak | 1528 |
| Svilaja | Svilaja | 1508 |
| Snježnik | Snježnik | 1506 |
| Viševica | Viševica | 1428 |
| Učka | Vojak | 1396 |
| Mosor | Mosor | 1339 |
| Šibenik | Veliki Šibenik | 1314 |
| Mala Kapela | Seliški vrh | 1279 |
| Ćićarija | Veliki Plamik | 1272 |
| Sniježnica | Sniježnica | 1234 |
| Veliki Kozjak | Bat | 1207 |
| Klek | Klek | 1182 |
| Žumberačka Gora | Sveta Gera | 1181 |
| Promina | Velika Promina | 1148 |
| Bitoraj | Bitoraj | 1140 |
| Tuhobić | Tuhobić | 1106 |
| Ivanšćica | Ivanšćica | 1059 |
| Medvednica | Sljeme | 1035 |
| Psunj | Brezovo polje | 984 |
| Pelješac | Sveti Ilija | 961 |
| Papuk | Papuk | 953 |
| Rilić | Šapašnik | 920 |
| Japetić | 879 | |
| Strahinščica | 846 | |
| Movran | 838 | |
| Krndija | Kapovac | 792 |
| Vidova gora (Island of Brač) | Sutvid | 780 |
| Kozjak | Sveti Luka | 779 |
| Plešivica | 777 | |
| Crni vrh | 739 | |
| (Trakošćan) | Ravna gora | 686 |
| Jurašinka | 674 | |
| Crni krug | 650 | |
| Kalničko gorje | Kalnik | 642 |
| (Island of Hvar) | Sveti Nikola | 627 |
| Požeška Gora | Kapavac | 618 |
| Zrinska gora | Piramida | 616 |
| (Island of Lošinj) | Osoršćica | 589 |
| (Island of Korčula) | Klupca | 569 |
| (Island of Krk) | Obzovo | 568 |
| Vodenica | 537 | |
| Petrova Gora | Veliki Petrovac | 512 |
See also[]
- Geography of Croatia
- List of rivers in Croatia
- List of lakes in Croatia
- Croatian Mountaineering Association
Notes[]
- ^ For Dinara, the highest peak on the territory of Croatia has been listed; the mountain's highest peak belongs to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Troglav, 1913 m).
- ^ Most of Kamešnica belongs to Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with its highest peak (, 1855 m).
Sources[]
- Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). "Geographical and meteorological data". Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 48. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
Further reading[]
- Dr. Željko Poljak "Hrvatske planine" Zagreb, 2001.
- Greater Geographical Atlas of Yugoslavia, University Press "Liber", Zagreb (Croatia), 1987.
- Geographical Atlas of the Republic of Croatia, School Book (Zagreb), "Miroslav Krleža" Lexicographical Institute (Zagreb), 1993.
Categories:
- Mountains of Croatia
- Lists of mountains by country
- Lists of landforms of Croatia
- Lists of mountains of Europe