Velež Mountains (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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Name (Hebrew)
הרי ולז' (בוסניה והרצגובינה)
Name (Latin)
Velež Mountains (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Other forms of name
Velež Planina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Velezh Mountains (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Coordinates
18.05 18.05 43.31666667 43.31666667 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Mountains Bosnia and Herzegovina
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1291525
Library of congress:
sh 94005466
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 93-223493: Peco, A. Mikrotoponimija Podveležja, 1990.
- Lippincott.
Wikipedia description:
Velež (Serbian Cyrillic: Вележ), named after the Slavic pagan god Veles, is a mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the south-central part of the Herzegovina region, overlooking the largest regional city of Mostar. The highest peak of Velež mountain is called Botin, and it is 1,969 meters high. Other large settlements in the Velež vicinity are Nevesinje, which is located in a secluded mountain valley, Blagaj, small historic settlement which is located near the source of the Buna river, and village of Podvelež which is situated immediately below the summit of the mountain.
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