Dinara

Dinara is a 100-kilometre-long (60-mile) mountain range in the Dinaric Alps, located on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. It has four major mountains or peaks, from north-west to south-east:

  • Ilica or Ujilica (1654 m)
  • Sinjal or Dinara (1831 m), eponym to the range, highest mountain in Croatia
  • Troglav (1913 m), highest peak in the range
  • Kamešnica, with peak Konj (1855 m)
Dinara
Dinara from Cetina.
Highest point
Elevation1,913 m (6,276 ft)
Prominence1,086 m (3,563 ft)
ListingCountry high point
Coordinates43°56′42″N 16°35′49″E
Geography
Dinara
Location of Dinara on the border of Croatia with Bosnia and Herzegovina
LocationBosnia and Herzegovina / Croatia
Parent rangeDinaric Alps

Note the dual use of the name Dinara, which is also the origin of the name for the whole Dinaric Alps. The range is composed of limestone and dolomite.

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