Malinik

Malinik
Malinik

Location in Serbia

Highest point
Elevation 1,158 m (3,799 ft)[1]
Coordinates 44°04′59″N 21°49′26″E / 44.08306°N 21.82389°E / 44.08306; 21.82389Coordinates: 44°04′59″N 21°49′26″E / 44.08306°N 21.82389°E / 44.08306; 21.82389
Geography
Location Eastern Serbia

Malinik (Serbian Cyrillic: Малиник) is a mountain in eastern Serbia. Its highest peak, Veliki Malinik has an elevation of 1,158 metres above sea level. Smaller peak, Mali Malinik, is 1019 m.

The most prominent features of Malinik are spectacular Lazar's Gorge (Lazarev kanjon) of the eponymous river, carved almost vertically in the mountain's karst masif, and Lazar's Cave (Lazareva pećina) near the village of Zlot.[2][3]

References

  1. Jovan Đokić. "Katalog planina Srbije". PSD Kopaonik Beograd.
  2. Lazarev kanjon (in Serbian), Serbian Travel Club
  3. Lazareva pećina (Zlot) – Veliki Malinik – Mali Malinik – Valja Rnž (Podgorac) (17,5km) (in Serbian), Staze i bogaze
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