Velež
Velež, named after the Slavic pagan god Veles, is a mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the south-central part of the Herzegovina region, overlooking the largest regional city of Mostar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,800 metres
- Description: mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Also known as: “Velez”, “Velež Mountain”, and “Velež Planina”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zijemlje.
Zijemlje
Village
Zijemlje is a village and the seat of Istočni Mostar municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Zijemlje is situated 9 km north of Velež.
Velež
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Velež” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վելեժ”
- Bosnian: “Planina Velež”
- Bosnian: “Velež”
- Cebuano: “Velež”
- Chinese: “韦莱日山”
- Croatian: “Velež”
- Czech: “Velež”
- Dutch: “Velež”
- French: “Velež”
- German: “Velež”
- Hebrew: “ולז‘”
- Hungarian: “Velež”
- Italian: “Gruppo del Velež”
- Ladin: “Velež”
- Polish: “Velež”
- Russian: “Вележ”
- Serbian: “Velež”
- Serbian: “Вележ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Velež”
- Spanish: “Monte Velež”
- Swedish: “Velež”
- Ukrainian: “Вележ”
- Venetian: “Monte Velež”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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