Svilaja

Svilaja is a mountain range in Croatia, located inland of Dalmatia, in Zagora.

Svilaja
Svilaja
The highest peak of Svilaja
Highest point
Elevation1,508 m (4,948 ft)
Prominence1,060 m (3,480 ft) 
Isolation16.68 km (10.36 mi) 
Coordinates43°48′35.12″N 16°26′37.63″E 
Geography
LocationDalmatia, Croatia
Parent rangeDinaric Alps
View from the top onto the Croatian Adriatic islands.

It is part of Dinaric Alps, and it stretches from the town of Sinj northwest to the Petrovo field, approximately 30 km in length. The highest peak is Svilaja or Bat at 1508 m.a.s.l.[1] Some of other northwest peaks are Jančak (1483 m), Kita (1413 m), Turjača (1340 m), and Lisina (1301 m) which closest to the town of Vrlika.

From nearest mountain cliff Veliki Kozjak (1207 m), which is northwest continuation of Svilaja, it is separated by the saddle called Lemeš (860 m) above the village of Maovice.

The Bat summit offers beautiful vistas of the Adriatic Sea, Peruća lake, and mountain ranges farther in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The summit is easily approachable from southeast, either by following an unpaved road from Donje Ogorje or by taking the marked trail from Orlove Stine mountain lodge. Northern parts of the mountain are deemed dangerous because of the mines left during the Croatian War of Independence.[2]


Svilaja's summit Bat (1508 m.a.s.l.).


View from the top onto Peruća Lake and mountain Dinara.



See also

References
  1. Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 49. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. "Svilaja – vrh Svilaja". hps.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Mountaineering Association. Retrieved 2 January 2016.


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