Where is Montenegro on the map of Europe?

Montenegro (meaning “Black Mountain” on local: Crna Gora) is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the southwest and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast, Kosovo to the east, and Albania to the southeast. Montenegro capital and largest city are Podgorica, while Cetinje is designated as the Old Royal Capital.

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Where Is Montenegro in Europe on map

Montenegro ranges from high peaks along its borders with Serbia, Kosovo, and Albania, a segment of the Karst of the western Balkan Peninsula, to a narrow coastal plain that is only 1.5 to 6 kilometers (1 to 4 miles) wide. The plain stops abruptly in the north, where Mount Lovćen and Mount Orjen plunge into the inlet of the Bay of Kotor.

  Lovcen National Park

Montenegro’s large Karst region lies generally at elevations of 1,000 meters (3,280 ft) above sea level; some parts, however, rise to 2,000 m (6,560 ft), such as Mount Orjen (1,894 m or 6,214 ft), the highest massif among the coastal limestone ranges. The Zeta River valley, at an elevation of 500 m (1,600 ft), is the lowest segment. The mountains of Montenegro include some of the most rugged terrains in Europe, averaging more than 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) in elevation. One of the country’s notable peaks is Bobotov Kuk in the Durmitor mountains, which reaches a height of 2,522 m (8,274 ft). Owing to the hyper humid climate on their western sides, the Montenegrin mountain ranges were among the most ice-eroded parts of the Balkan Peninsula during the last glacial period.

• Montenegro cities
  • Coast region – Adriatic Sea: Herceg Novi, Kotor, Tivat, Budva, Sutomore, Sveti Stefan, Petrovac, Perast, Bar, Ulcinj
  • Central region: Podgorica, Cetinje, Danilovgrad, Nikšić,
  • Northen region: Mojkovac, Kolašin, Žabljak, Bijelo Polje, Rožaje, Berane, Andrijevica, Pljevlja,
• Longest beach: Velika Plaža, Ulcinj — 13,000 m (8.1 mi)
• Highest peak: Zla Kolata, Prokletije at 2,534 m (8,314 ft)
• Largest lake: Skadar Lake — 391 km² (151 sq mi) of surface area
• Deepest canyon: Tara River Canyon — 1,300 m (4,300 ft)
• Biggest bay: Bay of Kotor
• Deepest cave: Iron Deep 1,169 m (3,835 ft), exploring start in 2012, now more than 3,000 m (9,800 ft) long
• Montenegrin National Parks: Durmitor National Park, National Park Biogradska Gora, Lovćen National Park, Lake Skadar National Park and Prokletije National Park.

Durmitor National Park

With a total of 1.6 million visitors, the nation is the 36th (out of 47 countries) most visited country in Europe. The Montenegrin Adriatic sea coast is 295 km (183 mi) long, with 72 km (45 mi) of beaches, and with many well-preserved ancient old towns. National Geographic Traveler (edited once in the decade) features Montenegro among the “50 Places of a Lifetime”, and Montenegrin seaside Sveti Stefan was used as the cover for the magazine. The coast region of Montenegro is considered one of the great new “discoveries” among world tourists. In January 2010, The New York Times ranked the Ulcinj South Coast region of 몬테네그로, including Velika Plaza, Ada Bojana, and the Hotel Mediteran of Ulcinj, as among the “Top 31 Places to Go in 2010” as part of a worldwide ranking of tourism destinations.

Tara River Rafting

Montenegro was also listed in “10 Top Hot Spots of 2009” to visit by Yahoo Travel, describing it as “Currently ranked as the second fastest growing tourism market in the world (falling just behind China)”. It is listed every year by prestigious tourism guides like Lonely Planet as the top touristic destination along with Greece, Spain, and other world touristic places.

 
Pine Tivat

It was not until the 2000s that the tourism industry began to recover, and the country has since experienced a high rate of growth in the number of visits and overnight stays. The Government of Monte negro has set the development of Muntenegru as an elite tourist destination a top priority. It is a national strategy to make tourism a major contributor to the Montenegrin economy. A number of steps were taken to attract foreign investors. Some large projects are already underway, such as Porto Montenegro, Luštica Bay, Portonovi in Herceg Novi, while other locations, like, Jaz Beach, Buljarica, Velika Plaža and Ada Bojana, have perhaps the greatest potential to attract future investments and become premium tourist spots on the Adriatic sea.

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Island Mamula – Lastavica – Rondida

At the very entrance to the magnificant Boka Bay in Montenegro, one of the most beautiful bays in the world, there is an inhabited island and the fortress Mamula.

The island is called Lastavica (Swallow Bird), or Rondina – Venetian, but is popularly known as Mamula.

Island Mamula is located between Prevlaka and Luštica peninsulas at the entrance to the Boka Bay (Boka Kotorska). This small islet is of circular shape, and has 200m in diameter. It is 3.4 nautical miles (6.3 km) away from Herceg Novi. The monumental Mamula fortress was finished in 1853 by Austrian Admiral, Lazar Mamula. The main reason to build a fort there was to stop, the enemy ships to enter into the Boka Bay. Together with two more forts, those of Arza fortification on Luštica’s Cape Mirišta and Prevlaka’s Punta Oštro, both of which were erected at the same time also on suggestion by general Lazar Mamula, fort Mamula was part of the Austro-Hungarian Army’s contingency plans of preventing the enemy entrance into Bay of Kotor. The fort takes up about 90% of the island’s surface area.

 

It is very well preserved and all its elements are still there: casern for the accomodation of men, separatelly for the officers and common soldiers, kitchen, toilets, munition stocks, food, and other stuff, water, etc. However, the fortress never served its purpose, since there was never a military attack. Due to its isolated position, it was used as a concentration camp in both World Wars and the fort has also served as a prison. In 1918, one part of the fort was used as a prison for the saillors who participated in famous Boka bay rebellion. The tradition to use Mamula as a prison was continued even in the Second World War.

At first sight, the fort looks terrifying, but once entered, visitors are amazed by the ruins left stranded in time surrounded by beauty. For years Mamula Island has been one of the most popular tourist attractions of Herceg Novi. The fortress was well preserved and even includes the old prison cells that held concentration camp prisoners.

While in Montenegro, don’t miss to visit it, together with Dobreč, Mirišta and Zanjice beach, the Blue Cave and old picturise fisherman village Rose.

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