Biokovo
Biokovo is the second-highest mountain range in Croatia, located along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, between the rivers of Cetina and Neretva.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: SKas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sveti Jure and Amfora Pit.
Sveti Jure
Peak
Photo: SKas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sveti Jure is a mountain in Croatia near the town of Makarska that is part of the Dinaric Alps. At 1,762 m.a.s.l., it is the highest point in the Biokovo mountain range and one of the highest peaks of Croatia.
Amfora Pit
Cave
Amfora is a pit on Biokovo Mountain, in Biokovo Nature Park. The entry to the cave is in the upper parts of the mountain, c. 1000 meters from Sv. Jure peak, on the southeast slope of one of many pits of Biokovo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Veliko Brdo and Makar.
Veliko Brdo
Village
Photo: Mario Žamić, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Veliko Brdo is a village in Dalmatia region of Croatia. The settlement is administered as a part of the Town of Makarska and Split-Dalmatia County. According to the 2011 census, the village has 408 inhabitants.
Župa
Village
Photo: Mario Žamić, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Župa is a village in the Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia located in the Zagvozd municipality. In 2011 it was populated by 53 inhabitants.
Biokovo
- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 1,762 metres
- Description: mountain range in Croatia
- Category: landform
- Location: Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.33929° or 43° 20′ 21″ northLongitude
17.04885° or 17° 2′ 56″ eastElevation
1,762 metres (5,781 feet)Open location code
8FMV82QX+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 7938610798OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Biokovo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبل بيوكوفو”
- Azerbaijani: “Biokovo”
- Bosnian: “Biokovo”
- Bulgarian: “Биоково”
- Cebuano: “Biokovo”
- Croatian: “Bijakova”
- Croatian: “Biokovo”
- Czech: “Biokovo”
- Dutch: “Biokovo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيوكوفو”
- French: “Biokovo (montagne)”
- French: “Biokovo”
- German: “Biokovo-Gebirge”
- German: “Biokovo”
- Greek: “Βίκοβο”
- Greek: “Βιόκοβο”
- Hungarian: “Biokovo”
- Italian: “Biocovo”
- Italian: “Biokovo”
- Italian: “parco nazionale di Monte Biokovo”
- Italian: “parco nazionale Monte Biokovo”
- Japanese: “ビオコヴォ”
- Japanese: “ビオコヴォ山脈”
- Korean: “비오코보산맥”
- Ladin: “Biokovo”
- Macedonian: “Биоково”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Biokovo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Biokovo”
- Norwegian: “Biokovo”
- Persian: “بیوکووو”
- Polish: “Biokovo”
- Russian: “Биоково”
- Serbian: “Биоково (планина)”
- Serbian: “Биоково”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Biokovo”
- Slovak: “Biokovo”
- Slovenian: “Biokovo”
- Swedish: “Biokovo”
- Ukrainian: “Біоково”
- Venetian: “parco nazionale de Monte Biokovo”
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