Dinara (Sinjal)

Where is Dinara (Sinjal)?

Dinara (Sinjal) is part of the Dinaric Alps.

You will find it in: Croatia.

Summit: 43.945° N, 16.597° E

The story behind it

Dinara is built from limestone, a rock that rain slowly dissolves. The slopes are full of cracks, hollows and small caves, and many streams vanish underground instead of running down the valley. At the foot of the mountain the river Cetina reappears in a deep blue spring. Summers up here are hot and dry, while winter brings snow and the bura, a cold wind that races down towards the sea. Birds of prey circle over the bare crest, hardly moving their wings. Most walkers set off from the hamlet of Glavas below a ruined castle, climb through grass and loose stones, and reach the pile of rocks on the summit in a few hours. The ridge also forms the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, so hikers can stand in two countries at once.

Find it on the globe

Dinara (Sinjal) is there as a small peak with its own shape — a horn, a ridge, a volcano — standing on the surface. From far away the planet is only a blue ball; detail arrives as you zoom in, and this one appears once you are close enough. Open it on the globe.

It sits at its real coordinates, not near them — the same numbers listed in the facts above. Switch off the layer for this kind of place and it disappears again; the buttons for that are down the right-hand edge.