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

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. At 1,894 m, it is the highest summit of the Orjen Range in the Dinaric Alps. It is also the highest peak of the eastern

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. Marked trail to Zubački Kabao from the Orjen Saddle is the oldest

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trail in Montenegro. It was constructed during the 1880s by the Austro-Hungarian Army 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 and Popovo field, the Bay of Kotor and the

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, and inland as far as Durmitor, while to the south-east lies the Skadar Lake 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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