Pešter
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| Elevation | 1,492 m (4,895 ft) |
| Coordinates | 43°03′04″N 20°03′21″E / 43.051166°N 20.055833°ECoordinates: 43°03′04″N 20°03′21″E / 43.051166°N 20.055833°E |
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The Pešter plateau (Serbian: Пештерска висораван/Pešterska visoravan, or simply Pešter (Serbian Cyrillic: Пештер, pronounced [pɛ̌ʃtɛr]) is a karst plateau in southwestern Serbia, in the Raška (or Sandžak) region. It lies at the altitude of 1150–1492 m, (Kuljarski vrh) at 1492 meters. The territory of the plateau is mostly located in the municipality of Sjenica, with parts belonging to Novi Pazar and Tutin. The name of the region comes from the word pešter, which is an archaic term for cave.
The plateau is actually a large field (Peštersko polje) surrounded by mountains of Jadovnik (1734 m), Zlatar (1627 m), Ozren (1693 m), Giljeva (1617 m), Javor (1519 m), Golija (1833 m), Žilindar (1616 m), Hum (1756 m), Ninaja (1462 m) and Jarut (1428 m). With the area of around 50 km2, Pešter field is the largest field in Serbia, and the highest one in the Balkans. Rivers Uvac, Vapa, Jablanica and Grabovica flow through the plateau. In the geologic past, the field was a large lake, of which only a small Sjenica lake near the village of Tuzinje remained.
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