Pištenik

Pištenik
Pištenik
	Pištenik Croatia
Highest point
Elevation	800 m (2,600 ft)
Coordinates	45°02′09″N 15°26′37″E / 45.035814°N 15.443552°ECoordinates: 45°02′09″N 15°26′37″E / 45.035814°N 15.443552°E
Geography
Location	Croatia
Parent range	Dinaric Alps

Pištenik is a mountain in Croatia, located southeast of Plaški and northwest of Saborsko. Its highest peak is 800 metres (2,600 ft) high.^[1] It hosts a 328 m (1,076 ft) deep karst pit called Balinka.^[2] In the 1960s, members of the local mountaineering society "HPD Željezničar" surveyed 45 speleological sites there, including a cave called Estavela Begovac with a depth of 260 m (850 ft).^[3]

References[]

^ Nežić, Petar (1987). "Položaj i povijesni pregled ogulinskog kraja" (PDF). Šumarski list (in Croatian). Croatian Forestry Society (7–9): 318. ISSN 0373-1332. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Balinka". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Povijest speleološkog odsjeka od 1962. do 1970" [History of the speleological section between 1962 and 1970] (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: HPD Željezničar. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

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[1] Nežić, Petar (1987). "Položaj i povijesni pregled ogulinskog kraja" (PDF). Šumarski list (in Croatian). Croatian Forestry Society (7–9): 318. ISSN 0373-1332. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[2] "Balinka". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[3] "Povijest speleološkog odsjeka od 1962. do 1970" [History of the speleological section between 1962 and 1970] (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: HPD Željezničar. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

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Pištenik
Pištenik Croatia
Highest point
Elevation	800 m (2,600 ft)
Coordinates	45°02′09″N 15°26′37″E / 45.035814°N 15.443552°E / 45.035814; 15.443552Coordinates: 45°02′09″N 15°26′37″E / 45.035814°N 15.443552°E / 45.035814; 15.443552
Geography
Location	Croatia
Parent range	Dinaric Alps