Bitoraj

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Bitoraj
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Bitoraj
Bitoraj
Highest point
Elevation 1,386 m (4,547 ft)
Coordinates 45°17′24″N14°47′19″E / 45.290015°N 14.788492°E / 45.290015; 14.788492
Geography
Location Croatia
Parent range Dinaric Alps
Tuhobic and Bitoraj mountains Hlavni hreben jadranskeho rozvodi (Tuhobic, Bitoraj) ze Skra.jpg
Tuhobić and Bitoraj mountains

Bitoraj is a mountain in Gorski Kotar, Croatia. It is variously defined as a standalone mountain (named Bitoraj or Burni Bitoraj) or as group of peaks of Velika Kapela. The highest peaks on it are Burni Bitoraj at 1,386 m.a.s.l., [1] [2] Velika Javornica at 1374 m.a.s.l., [1] and the eponymous Bitoraj peak at 1,140 m.a.s.l. [3]

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