Svilaja

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Svilaja
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Peruća lake in Svilaja mountain range
Highest point
Elevation 1,508 m (4,948 ft)
Prominence 1,066 m (3,497 ft) [1]
Listing Ribu
Coordinates 43°48′35.12″N16°26′37.63″E / 43.8097556°N 16.4437861°E / 43.8097556; 16.4437861
Geography
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Svilaja
The highest peak of Svilaja
Svilaja
Location Dalmatia, Croatia
Parent range Dinaric Alps

Svilaja is a mountain range in Croatia, in the Dalmatian Hinterland.

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It is part of the Dinaric Alps and stretches from the town of Sinj northwest to the Petrovo field, approximately 30 km in length. The highest peak is Svilaja or Bat at 1508 m.a.s.l. [2] Some of the other northwest peaks are Jančak (1483 m), Kita (1413 m), Turjača (1340 m), and Lisina (1301 m) which is closest to the town of Vrlika.

From the nearest mountain cliff Veliki Kozjak (1207 m), which is a northwest continuation of Svilaja, it is separated by the saddle called Lemeš (860 m) above the village of Maovice.

View from the top onto the Croatian Adriatic islands. Planina Svilaja - pogled na Jadransko more.jpg
View from the top onto the Croatian Adriatic islands.

The Bat summit overlooks the Adriatic Sea, Peruća lake, and mountain ranges farther in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The summit is easily approachable from southeast, either by following an unpaved road from Donje Ogorje or by taking the marked trail from Orlove Stine mountain lodge. Northern parts of the mountain are deemed dangerous because of the mines left during the Croatian War of Independence. [3]

Mountain huts

In the 1937 and 1938 seasons, the mountain hut on Svilaja was under construction. [4] :243 [5] :243


Svilaja's summit Bat (1508 m.a.s.l.). Svilaja - mountain in Croatia - towards summit Bat.jpg
Svilaja's summit Bat (1508 m.a.s.l.).


View from the top onto Peruca Lake and mountain Dinara. Svilaja mountain in Croatia - summit vista.jpg
View from the top onto Peruća Lake and mountain Dinara.

See also

References

  1. https://worldribus.org/balkan-peninsula/
  2. 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. 49. ISSN   1333-3305 . Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. "Svilaja – vrh Svilaja". hps.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Mountaineering Association . Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. Plaček, Josip (1937) [1937-05-05]. "Izvještaj tajnika" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 33, no. 7–8. pp. 221–252. ISSN   0354-0650.
  5. Plaček, Josip (1938) [1938-05-05]. "Izvještaj tajnika" (PDF). Hrvatski planinar (in Croatian). Vol. 34, no. 7–8. pp. 222–254. ISSN   0354-0650.

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