The Velika Kapela (; lit. ''Great Chapel'') is a large mountain range in the east of Gorski Kotar,

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. The highest peak is Bjelolasica-Kula at 1533

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It overlooks

Velebit Velebit (; it, Alpi Bebie) is the largest, though not the highest, mountain range in Croatia. The range forms a part of the Dinaric Alps and is located along the Adriatic coast, separating it from Lika in the interior. Velebit begins in the nor ...

, Plješivica, islands Krk,

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, Lošinj, and the

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. Velika Kapela belongs to the

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, and it stretches from the Gorski Kotar region in the west, to the

Mala Kapela Mala Kapela (, lit. ''Small Chapel'') is a mountain range in Croatia, part of the Dinaric Alps. It stretches in the direction northwest–southeast, and it extends from the mountain pass called "Kapela" or "Vrh Kapele" (alt. 887 m), that separates ...

and

Lika Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by ...

in the east, from the Ogulin-Plaški valley in the north, to the Vinodol coastline in the south. The area is narrowest mountain prague between continental

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and the coastal

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. Velika Kapela is mainly composed of karst —

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rocks. On the Velika Kapela there are many protected areas and landscapes. The famous are White cliffs and Samarske cliffs ( hr, Bijele i Samarske stijene), and Klek above

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town of

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Mountain ranges of Croatia Landforms of Lika-Senj County Landforms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County {{Croatia-geo-stub

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