Dinara

Dinara
Dinara from Cetina.
Highest point
Elevation	1,913 m (6,276 ft)
Prominence	728 m (2,388 ft)
Listing	Country high point
Coordinates	44°03′21.6″N 16°22′51.6″E / 44.056000°N 16.381000°E / 44.056000; 16.381000Coordinates: 44°03′21.6″N 16°22′51.6″E / 44.056000°N 16.381000°E / 44.056000; 16.381000
Geography
Dinara Location of Dinara in Croatia (on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Location	Bosnia and Herzegovina / Croatia
Parent range	Dinaric Alps

Dinara is a mountain located on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. It has two major peaks: Troglav ("Threehead", 1913 m) and the eponymous Dinara (1831 m). The peak called Dinara is the highest peak of Croatia, is shaped like a human head made of stone, and also has a prominence of 728 m.

Its Latin name is Adrian oros while the current name is suspected to be derived from the name of an ancient Illyrian tribe that lived on the eastern slopes of the mountain.

It is best known for the fact that its name is the base for the name of a large mountain chain called the Dinaric Alps or Dinarides. The Dinarides are known for being composed of karst — limestone rocks — as is the mountain that named them.

Dinara itself spans from the Derala mountain pass (965 m) in the northwest to the Privija pass (1230 m) which is 20 km to the southeast, where the Kamešnica Mountain begins. The Dinara Mountain is up to 10 km wide.

Dinara is located only a few dozen kilometers away from the Adriatic Sea, and is part of the Dalmatian hinterland, but the climate on Dinara is a much colder, mountain climate, making it one of the coldest places in Croatia with average temperatures between 2 and 4 °C at the peaks. The average precipitation is high, while the number of sunny hours per year ranges between 1,700 and 1,900.

There are no inhabited areas on the mountain itself and human presence consists mostly of small shacks that belong to the herdsmen from the nearby valleys such as that of the Cetina river.