Maglić

Where is Maglić?

Maglić is part of the Dinaric Alps.

You will find it in: Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Summit: 43.281° N, 18.737° E

The story behind it

Maglić rises at the southern edge of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the border with Montenegro, inside the Sutjeska National Park. At its foot grows Perucica, one of the last ancient forests of Europe, where beech and fir trees have been left alone for so long that fallen trunks simply rot where they lie. The mountain itself is bare limestone, cracked and hollowed by rain into gullies and caves, and the ridge is often wrapped in the fog that gave the peak its name. Bears, wolves and chamois move through these valleys, while a heart-shaped lake glitters just across the border below the cliffs. A marked route climbs from the forest through steep grass and rock to the summit, and walkers who start early often stand above a sea of white cloud.

Find it on the globe

Maglić 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.