Velebit
Velebit is the largest, though not the highest, mountain range in Croatia. The range forms a part of the Dinaric Alps and is located along the Adriatic coast, separating it from Lika in the interior.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Jadovno concentration camp.
Jadovno concentration camp
Historic site
The Jadovno concentration camp was a concentration and extermination camp in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. Commanded by a member of the Ustaše Militia Juraj Rukavina, it was the first of twenty-six concentration camps in the NDH during the war.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trnovac, Gospić and Baške Oštarije.
Trnovac, Gospić
Village
Photo: Dragan Zeba, CC BY 3.0.
Trnovac, Gospić is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Velebit.
Baške Oštarije
Village
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Baške Oštarije is a village, which is situated 4 km west of Velebit.
Podoštra
Village
Photo: Dragan Zeba, CC BY 3.0.
Podoštra is a village, which is situated 8 km east of Velebit.
Velebit
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,757 metres
- Description: mountain range in Croatia
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Venetian—“Velebit” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Velebiti”
- Arabic: “جبل فيليبيت”
- Azerbaijani: “Velebit”
- Basque: “Velebit”
- Belarusian: “Велебіт”
- Belarusian: “Вэлебіт”
- Bosnian: “Velebit”
- Bulgarian: “Velebit”
- Bulgarian: “Велебит”
- Catalan: “Velebit”
- Cebuano: “Velebit Planina”
- Chinese: “韋萊比特山脈”
- Croatian: “Velebit”
- Czech: “Velebit”
- Danish: “Velebit”
- Dutch: “Velebit”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فيليبيت”
- Esperanto: “Velebit”
- French: “Velebit”
- Georgian: “ველებიტი”
- German: “Velebit”
- Greek: “Βελεμπίτ”
- Greek: “Βέλεμπιτ”
- Hebrew: “ולביט”
- Hungarian: “Velebit”
- Italian: “Alpi Bebie”
- Italian: “Monti Velèbiti”
- Japanese: “ヴェレビト山”
- Japanese: “ヴェレビト山脈”
- Korean: “벨레비트산맥”
- Latvian: “Velebits”
- Lithuanian: “Velebitas”
- Macedonian: “Велебит”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Velebit”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Velebit”
- Norwegian: “Velebit”
- Persian: “ولبیت”
- Polish: “Welebit”
- Portuguese: “Velebit”
- Romanian: “Munții Velebit”
- Russian: “Велебит”
- Serbian: “Велебит”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Velebit”
- Slovak: “Velebit”
- Slovak: “Velebiti”
- Slovenian: “Velebit”
- Spanish: “Velebit”
- Swedish: “Velebit”
- Turkish: “Velebit”
- Ukrainian: “Велебит”
- Venetian: “Alpe Bebie”
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