Gorski Kotar
Gorski Kotar is the mountainous region in Croatia between Karlovac and Rijeka. Because 63% of its surface is forested it is popularly called the green lungs of Croatia or Croatian Switzerland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,010 metres
- Description: mountain range in Croatia
- Also known as: “Gorski kotar”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Podkilavac and Podhum.
Podkilavac
Village
Podkilavac is a village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia, just to the north of Dražice and approximately 8 km to the north of Rijeka. Administratively, it is part of the municipality of Jelenje. As of 2021, it had a population of 328. Podkilavac is situated 6 km southwest of Gorski Kotar.
Podhum
Village
Podhum is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D52 highway. During World War II it was the site of the Podhum massacre of Croat civilians by Italian occupation forces; up to 118 people were killed and more than 800 were sent to Italian concentration camps, where many more also died in captivity. Podhum is situated 6 km south of Gorski Kotar.
Dražice
Village
Dražice is a village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, western Croatia. Dražice is located south of Podkilavac and west of Podhum. It is part of the municipality of Jelenje. As of 2021, it had a population of 2,064. Dražice is situated 7 km southwest of Gorski Kotar.
Gorski Kotar
- Categories: highland and landform
- Location: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Gorski Kotar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غورسكي كوتار”
- Azerbaijani: “Qorski-Kotar dağları”
- Basque: “Gorski Kotar”
- Belarusian: “Горскі Котар”
- Bosnian: “Gorski kotar”
- Bosnian: “Gorski Kotar”
- Bulgarian: “Горски котар”
- Cebuano: “Gorski Kotar”
- Chinese: “戈爾斯基科塔爾”
- Croatian: “Gorski kotar”
- Croatian: “Gorski Kotar”
- Czech: “Gorski Kotar”
- Danish: “Gorski Kotar”
- Dutch: “Gorski kotar”
- Finnish: “Gorski kotar”
- Finnish: “Gorski Kotar”
- French: “Gorski kotar”
- French: “Gorski Kotar”
- German: “Gorski kotar”
- German: “Gorski Kotar”
- Hungarian: “Gorski kotar”
- Hungarian: “Hegyvidék”
- Indonesian: “Gorski kotar”
- Indonesian: “Gorski Kotar”
- Italian: “Gorski kotar”
- Italian: “Gorski Kotar”
- Japanese: “ゴルスキ・コタル”
- Korean: “고르스키코타르”
- Macedonian: “Горски Котар”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gorski kotar”
- Norwegian: “Gorski kotar”
- Persian: “گورسکی کتر”
- Polish: “Gorski kotar”
- Polish: “Gorski Kotar”
- Russian: “Горски Котар”
- Russian: “Горски-Котар”
- Russian: “Горский Котар”
- Serbian: “Горски котар”
- Serbian: “Горски Котар”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gorski kotar”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gorski Kotar”
- Slovenian: “Gorski kotar”
- Slovenian: “Gorski Kotar”
- Swedish: “Gorski kotar”
- Ukrainian: “Горскі Котар”
- Ukrainian: “Горскі-Котар”
- Ukrainian: “Горський Котар”
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