Mosor

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Mosor
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View of Mosor from the Mosor Star Village
Highest point
Elevation 1,339 m (4,393 ft)
Coordinates 43°31′37.80″N16°38′14.40″E / 43.5271667°N 16.6373333°E / 43.5271667; 16.6373333
Geography
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Mosor
Location of Mosor in Croatia
Location Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia

Mosor (Latin : Massarus), or Mount Mosor (Massarus Mons; Italian : Monte Massaro), is a mountain range in Croatia located near the city of Split on the Adriatic coast. It belongs to Dinaric Alps, and it stretches from the pass of Klis in the northwest to the Cetina River in the southeast.

The highest peak is the eponymous Mosor peak at 1,339 m.a.s.l. [1] There are no inhabited areas on the mountain above 600 metres. Mosor is mainly composed of karst — limestone rocks.

It attracts mountaineers from Croatia. There are two alpine huts and many mountaineering paths on Mosor.

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References

  1. Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). 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 27 December 2015.