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Bjelasica (Montenegrin: Бјеласица, pronounced [bjɛlǎsitsa]) is a mountain range located in the Biogradska Gora national park near Kolašin, Montenegro. The highest point of Bjelasica is Crna Glava ("Black Head"), which is 2,139 m (7,018 ft) high.
The high mountains of Montenegro include some of the most rugged terrain in Europe. They average more than 2,000 m (6,562 ft) in elevation. Among notable peaks is Bobotov Kuk in the Durmitor mountain, which reaches 2,523 m (8,278 ft). The Montenegrin mountains were the most ice-eroded section of the Balkan Peninsula during the last glacial ...
Biogradska Gora (Montenegrin: Биоградска Гора, pronounced [bîoɡradskaː ɡǒra]) is a forest and a national park in Montenegro within the Kolašin municipality that is recognized as one of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. [1] The landscape is one of mountain ridges, glacial lakes, and temperate forest. [2]
Mountain Peak [1] [2] Altitude, m Accursed Mountains: Zla Kolata: 2,535 Accursed Mountains Dobra Kolata: 2,528 Accursed Mountains Rosni vrh: 2,524 Durmitor: Bobotov Kuk: 2,523 Accursed Mountains Maja e Qafe Cezles 2,496 Accursed Mountains Veliki vrh 2,490 Komovi: Kom Kučki 2,487 Durmitor Bezimeni vrh 2,487 Komovi Kom Ljevorečki 2,469 Komovi ...
"White Mountain") is a karstic high plateau between 1200–1500 m on the northern side of Mount Orjen in Montenegro. At 1862 m, Velika Jastrebica is the highest summit. It bears heavy glacial traces as a huge ice cap covered it during the last ice age. Sparsely inhabited pastures and vast virgin beech-fir forests are major resources.
Owing to the hyperhumid climate on their western sides, the Montenegrin mountain ranges were among the most ice-eroded parts of the Balkan Peninsula during the last glacial period. Internationally, Montenegro borders Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania and Croatia. It lies between latitudes 41° and 44°N, and longitudes 18° and 21°E.
The Borovi do has a remarkable microclimate as it sustains a major cold-air pool for the whole of the Dinaric mountain range. Analysis revealed, [2] that during the January 2017 European cold wave, the cold-air lake that formed in the Borovi do was amongst the coldest spots in Montenegro.
The Montenegrin part of the Maglić massif has formed the Trnovačko Lake, said to be "one of the most beautiful of Montenegro." [5] [8] This lake is a glacier lake at an elevation of 1,517 metres (4,977 ft), is 700 metres (2,300 ft) long and 400 metres (1,300 ft) wide. The lake is drained from the Maglić, the Volujak and the Bioč mountain ...