Mount Lovcen
Lovćen is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro. It is the inspiration behind the names Montenegro and Crna Gora, both of which mean 'Black Mountain' and refer to the appearance of Mount Lovćen when covered in dense forests.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,748 metres
- Description: mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro
- Also known as: “Leone”, “Lovćen”, and “Stirovnik”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Štirovnik and Mausoleum of Njegoš.
Štirovnik
Peak
Stirovnik is the highest peak of the Lovćen mountain range in Montenegro with an elevation of 1,749 meters above sea level. Its summit is occupied by a telecommunications tower and a military facility that restricts public access.
Mausoleum of Njegoš
The Mausoleum of Njegoš is a mausoleum interring Petar II Petrović-Njegoš located on the top of Jezerski Vrh Peak on Mount Lovćen. The mausoleum is located twenty-one kilometres via asphalt road from near-by Cetinje and it was built on the idea of Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Žanjev Do and Mirac.
Mirac
Village
KARKERKARKERKUR Mirac is a settlement in Montenegro, three miles from Kotor. It was historically part of the Njeguši tribe. During the Ottoman period it was, together with Njeguši and Zalazi, commanded by Niko Rajkov of the Njeguši clan who had 480 men in arms. Mirac is situated 3½ km southwest of Mount Lovcen.
Njeguši
Village
Mount Lovcen
- Categories: mountain range, mountain, and landform
- Location: Old Royal Capital Cetinje, Montenegro, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.39925° or 42° 23′ 57″ north
Longitude
18.81846° or 18° 49′ 7″ east
Elevation
1,748 metres (5,735 feet)
Open location code
8FJW9RX9+M9
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Lovcen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Lovcen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لوفسين”
- Bosnian: “Lovćen”
- Bulgarian: “Ловчен”
- Catalan: “Lovćen”
- Cebuano: “Štirovnik”
- Chinese: “洛夫森山”
- Chinese: “洛夫欽山”
- Chinese: “洛夫琴山”
- Chinese: “洛夫钦山”
- Croatian: “Lovćen”
- Czech: “Lovćen”
- Dutch: “Lovcen”
- Dutch: “Lovćen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل لوڤسين”
- Esperanto: “Monto Lovćen”
- Estonian: “Lovćen”
- Finnish: “Lovcen”
- Finnish: “Lovćen”
- French: “Lovcen”
- French: “Mont Lovcen”
- French: “mont Lovćen”
- French: “Mont Lovćen”
- Galician: “Lovćen”
- German: “Lovcen”
- German: “Lovćen”
- German: “Lovčen”
- German: “Nationalpark Lovcen”
- German: “Nationalpark Lovćen”
- Greek: “Λόβτσεν”
- Hebrew: “הר לובצ’ן”
- Hebrew: “לובצ’ן”
- Indonesian: “Lovćen”
- Irish: “Lovćen”
- Italian: “Lovcen”
- Italian: “Lovćen”
- Italian: “Monte Lovćen”
- Japanese: “ロヴチェン山”
- Japanese: “ロブチェン山”
- Korean: “로브첸”
- Korean: “로브첸산”
- Ladin: “Lovćen”
- Lithuanian: “Lovčenas”
- Lombard: “Lovćen”
- Macedonian: “Ловќен”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lovcen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lovćen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lovćen nasjonalpark”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lovcen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lovćen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ловћен”
- Norwegian: “Lovćen”
- Polish: “Lovćen”
- Portuguese: “Lovćen”
- Russian: “Ловчен”
- Serbian: “Lovćen”
- Serbian: “Ловћен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lovćen”
- Slovak: “Lovćen”
- Slovenian: “Lovćen”
- Slovenian: “Lovčen”
- Spanish: “Monte Lovćen”
- Swedish: “Lovćen”
- Ukrainian: “Ловчен”
- Urdu: “لووچن”
- Venetian: “Monte Lovćen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Međuvršje and Kobilji Tori.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lovćen and Studenac.
Montenegro: Must-Visit Destinations
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