Veliki Kabao ( sr-Cyrl, Велики Кабао, ), also known as Zubački Kabao ( sr-Cyrl, Зубачки Кабао), or simply Mount Orjen, is a mountain peak on the border of

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

and

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. At 1,894 m, it is the highest summit of the

Orjen Orjen (Serbian Cyrillic: Орјен, ) is a transboundary Dinaric Mediterranean limestone mountain range, located between southernmost Bosnia and Herzegovina and southwestern Montenegro. Its highest peak is Veliki kabao, which stands at . ...

Range in the

Dinaric Alps The Dinaric Alps (), also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea. They stretch from Italy in the northwest through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herz ...

. It is also the highest peak of the eastern Adriatic. Marked trail to Zubački Kabao from the Orjen Saddle is the oldest mountaineering trail in Montenegro. It was constructed during the 1880s by the

Austro-Hungarian Army The Austro-Hungarian Army (, literally "Ground Forces of the Austro-Hungarians"; , literally "Imperial and Royal Army") was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy from 1867 to 1918. It was composed of three parts: the joint arm ...

led by

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Varešanin, in preparation for the visit of Prince Rudolf who made the ascent to the peak in 1886.Zanimljivosti orjenskog kraja – spomen obilježje Rudolfu Habzburgu
Agencija za razvoj i zaštitu Orjena From Veliki Kabao views spread across the surrounding Dinaric range, as far as

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the r ...

and

Popovo field Popovo field ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Popovo polje, Попово поље, , ) is a ''polje'' ( karstic field) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in a southernmost region of the country, near the Adriatic coast. Its size is . Popovo polj ...

, the

Bay of Kotor The Bay of Kotor ( Montenegrin and Serbian: , Italian: ), also known as the Boka, is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro and the region of Montenegro concentrated around the bay. It is also the southernmost part of the hi ...

and the Adriatic coast, and inland as far as

Durmitor Durmitor ( Montenegrin: Дурмитор, or ) is a massif located in northwestern Montenegro. It is part of the Dinaric Alps. Its highest peak, Bobotov Kuk, reaches a height of . The massif is limited by the Tara River Canyon on the north, the ...

, while to the south-east lies the

Skadar Lake Lake Skadar ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, ; sq, Liqeni i Shkodrës, ) also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern ...

and the mountains of

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Gallery

image:Zubacki_kabaco_summit_snowfields.jpg, View of the summit image:Zubacki_kabao_north_west_cirque.JPG, North-west cirque of Veliki kabao image:Zubacki_kabao_view_of_summit.jpg, Closeup view of the summit image:Zubački_kabao,_Primorska_Planinarska_Transverzala,_Montenegro_156.jpg, Peak and its surrounding evergreen forest

References

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