Suva Planina
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 Suva planina in Winter, Trem and Sokolov kamen in sight |
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| Elevation | 1,809 m (5,935 ft) [1] |
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| Coordinates | 43°10′57″N 22°10′16″E / 43.1825°N 22.17111°ECoordinates: 43°10′57″N 22°10′16″E / 43.1825°N 22.17111°E |
Suva Planina[2] (Serbian Cyrillic: Сува планина, meaning "The dry mountain") is the mountain range in Southern Serbia. It extends in a horseshoe-shaped curve from Niška Banja spa to Bela Palanka.
The highest peak is Trem (The porch) – 1,810 m, and the second highest is Sokolov kamen (The falcon's rock) at 1,523m. Sokolov kamen is also the highest point of the city of Niš.
The name stems from the fact that there are only few springs in the whole mountain. Two biggest are Bojanine vode (under Sokolov kamen at 860 m) and Rakoš česma(at the Bela Palanka side of the mountain).
As of 2010, Suva planina is undergoing a process of declaration of a special nature preserve.[3]
In the past there was a road that was passing over Suva planina, called emperor's road .
In last weekend in February there is a mountaineering event called “Zimski uspon na Trem” (Winter climb on Trem), that gather over 600 mountaineers from all parts of the Balkans. It is also the biggest Balkan’s mountain winter event. It started in 1997 and it is under the organization of Mountaineering club “Železničar” from Niš.
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Slopes of Suva planina in summer, Trem and Sokolov kamen in sight]]
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Group of mountaineers on Trem - Winter climb on Trem 2005]]
[edit] References
- ^ Jovan Đokić. "Katalog planina Srbije". PSD Kopaonik Beograd. http://www.psd-kopaonik.org.rs/03KatalogplaninaSrbije.html.
- ^ (in Serbian) Galerija slika sa Suve planine - satelitski snimci., Suva Planina.com, http://www.suvaplanina.com/galerija_suvaplanina_satelitski.htm, retrieved 2010-08-26
- ^ Odluka o izradi prostornog plana područja posebne namene specijalnog rezervata prirode Suva planina, Official gazette of Republic of Serbia, 2010-06-10, http://www.rapp.gov.rs/media/odluka%20o%20izr.ppppn%20srp%20Suva%20Planina.doc
