Velika Kapela
The Velika Kapela is a large mountain range in the east of Gorski Kotar, Croatia. The highest peak is Bjelolasica-Kula at 1533 m.a.s.l. It overlooks Velebit, Plješivica, islands Krk, Cres, Lošinj, and the Kvarner Gulf.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Silverije, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 1,526 metres
- Description: mountain range in Croatia
- Also known as: “Gran Capella”, “Grosse Kapela”, and “Nagy Kapela”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jasenak and Drežnica.
Jasenak
Village
Jasenak is a village in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located in the municipality of Ogulin, on the Jasenačko polje, a karst polje. In 2021, its population was 175.
Drežnica
Village
Drežnica is a village in Croatia near the town of Ogulin. During the SFR Yugoslavia era, it was known as Partizanska Drežnica due to the village having a Yugoslav Partisan base during the Second World War.
Velika Kapela
- Category: landform
- Location: Croatia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.16667° or 45° 10′ northLongitude
15° eastElevation
1,526 metres (5,007 feet)Open location code
8FQQ5282+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 11225309351OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Velika Kapela” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل فاليكا كابيلا”
- Arabic: “فاليكا كابيلا”
- Cebuano: “Velika Kapela”
- Chinese: “大卡佩拉山”
- Chinese: “大卡佩拉山脉”
- Croatian: “Velika Kapela”
- Czech: “Velika Kapela”
- Dutch: “Grote Kapela”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فاليكا كابيلا”
- French: “Velika Kapela”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-Kapela”
- Italian: “Grande Cappella”
- Italian: “Velika Kapela”
- Japanese: “ベリカ・カペラ山”
- Ladin: “Velika Kapela”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Velika Kapela”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Velika Kapela”
- Norwegian: “Velika Kapela”
- Polish: “Velika Kapela”
- Polish: “Wielka Kapela”
- Serbian: “Велика Капела”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Velika Kapela”
- Slovak: “Veľká Kapela”
- Slovenian: “Velika Kapela”
- Swedish: “Velika Kapela”
- Ukrainian: “Велика Капела”
- Ukrainian: “Хребет Велика Капела”
- Venetian: “Velika Kapela”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Velika Kapela”. Photo: Silverije, CC BY-SA 3.0.