Velika Kapela Explained

Velika Kapela
Elevation M:1526
Range:Dinaric Alps
Listing:Mountains of Croatia
Location:Gorski kotar, Croatia
Map:Croatia
Label Position:left
Coordinates:45.2722°N 14.9625°W

The Velika Kapela (pronounced as /ʋɛ̂likaː kǎpɛla/; lit. Great Chapel) is a large mountain range in the east of Gorski Kotar, Croatia.

The highest peak is Bjelolasica-Kula at 1533 m.a.s.l. It overlooks Velebit, Plješivica, islands Krk, Cres, Lošinj, and the Kvarner Gulf.

Velika Kapela belongs to the Dinaric Alps, and it stretches from the Gorski Kotar region in the west, to the Mala Kapela and Lika in the east, from the Ogulin-Plaški valley in the north, and to the Vinodol coastline in the south. The area is narrowest mountain prague between continental Pannonia and the coastal Mediterranean. Velika Kapela is mainly composed of karstlimestone rocks.

On the Velika Kapela, there are many protected areas and landscapes. The famous are White cliffs and Samarske cliffs (Croatian: Bijele i Samarske stijene), and Klek above Frankopan town of Ogulin.