ROAD FROM ŽABLJAK (DURMITOR) TO ŠAVNIK - PICTURE GALLERY
Durmitor is a mountain and the name of a national park in Montenegro. It reaches a height of 2,522 meters.
Name Durmitor is probably derived from Balkan Romance (some Romanian/Vlach dialect), and it means "sleeping" (cognate with English dormitory). There are similarly named mountains such as Visitor and Cipitor across ex-Yugoslavia. [1] Another etymology could be from Celtic meaning "mountain with water". [citation needed]

The Durmitor National Park, created in 1952, includes the massif of Durmitor, the cantyns of Tara, Sušica and Draga rivers and the higher part of the canyon plateau Komarnica, covering the area of 39,000 ha.

It is enscribed twice with the World Heritage List: in 1977 river Tara area was inscribed as UNESCO reserve, and in 1980, Durmitor and river Tara were inscribed with UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

A part of the National park Durmitor is also the river Tara canyon, 80 km long and 1,300 m deep, second largest in the world, just bahind Grand Canyon in Colorado.

Durmitor mountain is the centre of Montenegrin mountain tourism. The tourist facilities are concentrated around the town of Žabljak.

During the winter, main activities on Durmitor are skiing and, increasingly, snowboarding. In the summer, the activities shift to mountaineering and recreational tourism. One of the most prominent attraction of Durmitor mountain are 18 glacial lakes, best known being Crno Lake.

Picture Gallery of Road Zabljak (Durmitor) to Savnik and Niksic Montenegro  Picture Gallery of Road Zabljak (Durmitor) to Savnik and Niksic Montenegro

Picture Gallery of Road Zabljak (Durmitor) to Savnik and Niksic Montenegro  Picture Gallery of Road Zabljak (Durmitor) to Savnik and Niksic Montenegro

Picture Gallery of Road Zabljak (Durmitor) to Savnik and Niksic Montenegro  Picture Gallery of Road Zabljak (Durmitor) to Savnik and Niksic Montenegro

Picture Gallery of Road Zabljak (Durmitor) to Savnik and Niksic Montenegro  Picture Gallery of Road Zabljak (Durmitor) to Savnik and Niksic Montenegro

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