Primeval Forest Perućica
Perućica is one of the last remaining primeval forests in Europe. It is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the border with Montenegro. It is part of the Sutjeska National Park.- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area
- Also known as: “Perućica” and “Rezervat Prašuma Perućica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maglić and Skakavac Waterfall.
Maglić
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maglić is a transboundary mountain in the Dinaric Alps, on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Its highest peak has an elevation of 2,388 m and is located in Montenegro.
Skakavac Waterfall
Waterfall
Photo: Svjetlopis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skakavac is a waterfall formed on the Perućica, a mountain creek, in the Perućica, which is regulated as a Strict Nature Reserve as part of Sutjeska National Park in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tjentište.
Tjentište
Village
Primeval Forest Perućica
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.3017° or 43° 18′ 6″ northLongitude
18.7042° or 18° 42′ 15″ eastOpen location code
8FMW8P23+MMOpenStreetMap ID
way 166693165OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q539439
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Primeval Forest Perućica” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պերուչիցա”
- Azerbaijani: “Peruçisa meşəsi”
- Bashkir: “Перучица”
- Belarusian: “Перучыца”
- Bosnian: “Perućica”
- Bulgarian: “Перучица”
- Catalan: “Perućica”
- Croatian: “Perućica”
- Czech: “Perućica”
- Dutch: “Perućica”
- Estonian: “Perućica”
- Finnish: “Perućica”
- French: “Perućica”
- Galician: “Perućica”
- Greek: “Περούτσιτσα”
- Hungarian: “Perućica”
- Indonesian: “Perućica”
- Italian: “Foresta di Perućica”
- Lithuanian: “Peručica”
- Macedonian: “Перуќица”
- Maltese: “Perućica”
- Persian: “پرویشیکا”
- Polish: “Perućica”
- Russian: “Перучица”
- Serbian: “Перућица”
- Serbian: “Резерват Прашума Перућица”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Perućica”
- Slovenian: “Perućica (narodni park)”
- Slovenian: “Perućica”
- Spanish: “Perućica”
- Swedish: “Perućica”
- Turkish: “Perućica”
- Ukrainian: “Перучиця”
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