Medvednica

Medvednica
Medvednica
	View of Medvednica from Jarun Lake
Highest point
Peak	Sljeme
Elevation	1,035 m (3,396 ft)
Geography
	Medvednica
Country	Croatia
Range coordinates	45°55′N 15°58′E / 45.917°N 15.967°E

Medvednica (pronounced [mědʋednitsa], lit. "Bear Mountain")^[1] is a mountain in central Croatia, just north of Zagreb, and marking the southern border of the historic region of Zagorje. The highest peak, at 1,035 m (3,396 ft) is Sljeme.^[2] Most of the area of Medvednica is a nature park (park prirode), a type of preservation lesser than a national park.^[3] During Miocene and Pliocene, the mountain was an island within the Pannonian Sea.

^ "Mèdvednica" (in Croatian). Novi Liber. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
^ Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 48. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^ Nature Park Medvednica

[1] "Mèdvednica" (in Croatian). Novi Liber. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

[2015_Yearbook-2] Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 48. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

[3] Nature Park Medvednica

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