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Klek is mountain in north-western Croatia, near Ogulin in Karlovac County. It is the easternmost mountain of the Velika Kapela range of the Dinaric Alps.

Klek
Mt. Klek as seen from the east
Highest point
Elevation	1,181 m (3,875 ft)
Coordinates	45°15′31″N 15°8′44″E
Geography
Klek Location of Mt. Klek in Croatia
Location	Croatia
Parent range	Velika Kapela, Dinaric Alps
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

The mountain is one of the best-known Croatian botanist reserves and home to a number of protected species of mountain flora.

According to the 17th century tale, during the nights of storm, the summit of Klek is a midnight gathering point for witches and fairies.

In the early 20th century, Klek's east and south face nurtured numerous Croatian rock climbers. The longest route length exceeds 200 m, with difficulty up to 5.12a.^{[citation needed]}

Geography and geology

Klek is positioned as a prominent ridge on the eastern tips of Velika Kapela, and its slopes descend toward Ogulin and the valley of Dobra. The peaks are steep and rocky, and there are two most important ones, Klečice or Mali Klek (1058 m), and Veliki Klek (or just Klek, 1182 m), with its prominent vertical 200 meters high "southern rock".

Klek rose during the Alpine orogeny in Tertiary, and geologically it consists of carbon sediments, i.e. Jurassic limestone and dolomite, while the peak part is made of Cretaceous limestones.[1]

There are several speleological objects on the massif: the Horvat's or Klek cave (Klečka spilja in Croatian), the Half-cave (Polupećina in Croatian), the Jarunčica na Zakopi pit, and two pits found in this century, the Witch's pit (133 m deep), and another one whose entry is near the peak, at the height of 1162 m.[2]

The climate is mountain with heavy rainfall, which encourages the formation of seeping and torrent streams that gather in Klek's pit or Peras' ditch. Behind Peras' ditch on the northern slope of Klek there is also a ruin of the old Frankopan castle Vitunj, above a village named the same.

See also

• List of mountains in Croatia

References

External links

• description at Summitpost.org
• Klek climbing routes at Rockclimbing.com

На других языках

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[de] Klek (Berg in Kroatien)

Der Klek ist ein Gipfel am östlichen Rand des Velika-Kapela-Massivs, in der Nähe der Stadt Ogulin. Sein Aussehen weist je nach Richtung, aus der man auf ihn schaut, teilweise große Unterschiede auf. Vielen erscheint die 200 Meter über der Waldgrenze erhobene Spitze wie der Kopf eines Riesen, während die etwas niedrigere, über einen Bergkamm verbundene Klečica (1062 m. i. J.) die Füße darstellen. Nicht zuletzt deswegen gibt es in ganz Kroatien keinen Berg, mit dem mehr Mythen und Legenden verbunden wären – unter anderem soll es sich der Volkssage nach um einen Versammlungsort für Hexen gehandelt haben, vergleichbar mit dem Blocksberg im Harz. Bei guten Wetterbedingungen kann man von seiner Spitze aus die ca. 100 km entfernte Hauptstadt Zagreb sehen.

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- [en] Klek mountain, Croatia

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