Black Peak (Pohorje) Explained

Black Peak
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Elevation: (1543disp=output onlyNaNdisp=output only)
Isolation:20.8 km → Uršlja Gora
Prominence:945 m ↓ Mislinja
Range:Pohorje
Location:Slovenia
Map:Slovenia
Coordinates:46.486°N 15.2332°W

Black Peak (Slovenian: Črni Vrh, German: Schwarzkogel) is a mountain (elevation 1543m (5,062feet)) and the highest peak in the Pohorje or Bacher Mountains in Slovenia.[1] [2]

Location and nature

Black Peak lies northeast of Mislinja and much of it is covered in forest. From its treeless summit there are views to Slovenj Gradec to the west, about 12km (07miles) away, and the Rogla winter sports centre 8km (05miles) as the crow flies to the southeast. The mountain is about 15km (09miles) from Slovenia's border with Austria.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Melik . Anton . Slovenija: geografski opis, vol. 2, part 2 . 1957 . Slovenska matica . Ljubljana . 29.
  2. Book: Kladnik . Drago . etal . Terasirane pokrajine: ob sedemdesetletnici Geografskega inštituta Antona Melika ZRC SAZU . 2016 . Založba ZRC . Ljubljana . 155.