Mosor ( la, Massarus), or Mount Mosor (''Massarus Mons''; it, Monte Massaro), is a mountain range in
Croatia
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located near the city of
Split on the
Adriatic coast
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. It belongs to
Dinaric Alps, and it stretches from the pass of Klis in the northwest to the
Cetina River in the southeast.
The highest peak is the eponymous Mosor peak at 1,339
m.a.s.l.
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There are no inhabited areas on the mountain above 600 metres. Mosor is mainly composed of karst —
limestone
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rocks.
It attracts mountaineers from Croatia. There are two
alpine hut
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s and many mountaineering paths on Mosor.
References
External links
Croatian climbing club "Mosor" (''Hrvatsko planinarsko društvo "Mosor"'')
Mountain ranges of Croatia
Landforms of Split-Dalmatia County
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