Mali Kozjak

Mali Kozjak
Kozjak

Kozjak from Salona.
Elevation 779 m (2,556 ft)
Location
Kozjak is located in Croatia
Kozjak
The highest peak of Kozjak
Location Croatia Dalmatia, Croatia
Range Dinaric Alps
Coordinates 43°34′15″N 16°24′09″E / 43.570815°N 16.402588°E / 43.570815; 16.402588Coordinates: 43°34′15″N 16°24′09″E / 43.570815°N 16.402588°E / 43.570815; 16.402588

Kozjak, also known as Mali Kozjak or Primorski Kozjak (to differentiate it from Veliki Kozjak) is a mountain located above the town of Kaštela in Dalmatia, Croatia.

Kozjak

It belongs to Dinaric Alps, and it stretches from the pass of Klis in the southeast, to the above Split Airport in the northwest. The highest peak is Veli vrj (779 m) above Kaštel Gomilica. Its southern slope is very steep, and northern rock slopes gradually turns to the corrugate plateau of Dalmatian Zagora. Kozjak is mainly composed of karst — limestone rocks.

Mali Kozjak in town of Kaštela is more known then Veliki Kozjak above the village of Kijevo. On the west side of the ridge is well-known mountain centre of Malačka on 477 m.

Its highest peak overlooks the city of Split, the ancient Roman settlement of Salona, towns of Solin, Kaštela, Trogir, and most of central Dalmatia islands.

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