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Durmitor
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| Durmitor National Park* | |
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| State Party |  Montenegro(Not yet a State Party to the World Heritage Convention) |
| Type | Natural |
| Criteria | vii, viii, x |
| Reference | 100 |
| Region† | Europe and North America |
| Inscription History | |
| Inscription | 1980 (4th Session) |
| Extensions | 2005 |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO. |
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| Durmitor National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
| Location | Montenegro |
| Coordinates | |
| Area | 390 km² |
| Established | 1952 |
Durmitor is a mountain and the name of a national park in Montenegro. It reaches a height of 2,522 meters.
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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 (< visător, "dreaming") and Cipitor (< aţipitor, "sleeping") 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 canyons of Tara, Sušica and Draga rivers and the higher part of the canyon plateau Komarnica, covering the area of 390 km².
It was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1980.
A part of the National park Durmitor is also the river Tara River Canyon, 80 km long and 1,300 m deep, second largest in the world, just behind Grand Canyon in Arizona.
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.
- ^ Room Adrian (2004) "Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for Over 5000 Natural Features" ISBN 0-7864-1814-1 pg. 112
- WCMC-UNEP
- ACE Cycling and Mountaineering CenterGuided hiking tours
- Durmitor National Park
- Durmitor (in Serbo-Croatian)
- Official UNESCO website entry
- [1]Rafting photos from TARA CANYON Montenegro
- Official Site of Durmitor National Park
- Photogallery Durmitor and Bjelasica
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