Pančić's Peak (; ) is the highest point in the

Kopaonik Kopaonik ( sr-Cyrl, Копаоник; ) is a mountain range located in Kosovo and Central Serbia. The highest point of this mountain range is the Pančić's Peak with an altitude of . The central part of the Kopaonik plateau was declared a nation ...

mountain range, which straddles southern

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and northern

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. The peak is 2,017 m high, located in the

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municipality in Serbia.; The Serbia–Kosovo demarcation line lies some 50 m south of the summit. Pančić's Peak is part of the Suvo Rudište mountainous plateau and natural zone of the

Kopaonik National Park Kopaonik ( sr-Cyrl, Копаоник; ) is a mountain range located in Kosovo and Central Serbia. The highest point of this mountain range is the Pančić's Peak with an altitude of . The central part of the Kopaonik plateau was declared a nation ...

. The Kopaonik tourist center operates cable cars to Pančić's Peak and Suvo Rudište Peak.

History

The mountain peak was previously named Milan's Peak (, ''Milanov vrh'') after the first king of modern Serbia, Milan Obrenović. On 7 July 1951, it was renamed after the Serbian botanist

Josif Pančić Josif Pančić ( sr-cyr, Јосиф Панчић; April 17, 1814 – February 25, 1888) was a Serbian botanist, a doctor of medicine, a lecturer at the Great School (the future University of Belgrade), and the first president of the Serbian Roya ...

, whose remains were buried at the top in a small

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, located next to the radio tower. A memorial to Pančić was placed at the top already in 1897. The site was damaged during the 1999

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remarks of

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. The Serbian portion of the Kopaonik (including Pančić's Peak) is part of the Kopaonik National Park, and the only road access to the peak is via the park. The peak can easily be reached on foot from the Konaci tourist complex.

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