Editing Velebit (section)

==Regions==
[[Image:Velebit.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Velebit range as seen from the [[Pag (island)|island of Pag]] ]]

Velebit is usually divided into three regions:<ref name="HPS-peaks">{{cite web | url = https://www.hps.hr/info/hrvatski-vrhovi/ | language = hr | title = Hrvatski vrhovi | publisher = [[Croatian Mountaineering Association]] | access-date = 16 October 2024 }}</ref>
* the northern part between the mountain passes Vratnik and Veliki Alan, with the highest peaks including:
** Mali Rajinac (1699 m)
** Veliki Zavižan (1676 m)
** Veliki (Zavižanski) Pivčevac (1676 m)
** Gromovača (1676 m)
* the middle part between Veliki Alan and Baške Oštarije with the highest peaks including:
** Šatorina (1622 m)
** Zečjak (1622 m)
** Laktin vrh (1504 m)
* the southern part between Oštarije and Mali Alan, with the highest peaks including:
** Vaganski vrh (1757 m)
** Sveto brdo (1751 m)
** Visočica (1615 m)
** Crnopac (1402 m) in the far southeastern part

[[File:Velebit other side.JPG|200px|thumb|right|The back side of the Velebit mountain.]]
Velebit as a whole is a [[nature park]], from which two [[national park]]s have been carved out: [[Paklenica]] and [[Sjeverni Velebit]] (Northern Velebit)

A further category of even more careful nature preservation exists within Sjeverni Velebit, the special reservation Hajdučki i Rožanski Kukovi, under the highest nature protection available in Croatia. Officially no human activity is allowed there (except research). These are the mostly still unexplored and wild places and probably will stay that way in the future.

A pathway called ''Premužićeva staza'' (Premužić's pathway) leads through the northern and middle parts of Velebit. This pathway was built between 1930 and 1933 and it connects northern and southern Velebit. Its length is {{convert|57|km}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.np-sjeverni-velebit.hr/posjeti/lokaliteti/premuzicevastaza/?lang=en|title=Premužićeva staza|work=np-sjeverni-velebit.hr|publisher=[[National Park Sjeverni Velebit]]|access-date=6 May 2015}}</ref> Many parts of Velebit would not be reachable without it. The Velebit mountains are transversed by the [[A1 (Croatia)|A1]] through the [[Sveti Rok Tunnel]].

===Peaks and areas of Velebit===
[[Image:Paklenica3.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Paklenica National Park]]

* Zavižan area – North Velebit (Mali Rajinac) (1699 m)
* Rožanski Kukovi group – North Velebit (Gromovaca (1676 m) and Vratarski Kuk (1676 m)
* Alančić, Rožanski Vrh, Seravski Vrh, North Velebit (Goli Vrh (1670 m)
* Veliki Kozjak (1629 m), North Velebit
* Šatorina (1624 m) – Mid Velebit
* Stap area – South Velebit, (Debeli Kuk) (1269 m)
* Visočica (1619 m) – South Velebit
* Bojin Kuk (1110 m) – South Velebit
* Viserujna (1632 m) and Rujno – South Velebit
* Paklenica area – South Velebit
* Vaganski vrh (1757 m) – South Velebit (highest peak of Velebit)
* Liburnija (1710 m) – South Velebit
* Sveto Brdo (1751 m) – South Velebit
* Tulove Grede (1120 m) – Southeast Velebit
* Crnopac (1404 m) – Southeast Velebit

Some 45 peaks exceed 1600 m.<ref name="HPS-highest"/>

Plješivica or Velebitska Plješivica is a peak in the north of Velebit (1654 m) that hosts a communications tower and a former military facility.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://geopp.planinarski-portal.org/kt-gpo/190/ | language = hr | title = 190 Velebitska Plješivica | website = Planinarski portal | editor-first = Drago | editor-last = Špoljarić | date = 27 August 2019 | access-date = 15 October 2024 }}</ref> There is also a smaller peak of Pljišivica in the north of Velebit (1560 m).<ref name="HPS-highest">{{cite web | url = https://www.hps.hr/info/najvisi-vrhovi/ | language = hr | title = Najviši vrhovi | publisher = [[Croatian Mountaineering Association]] | access-date = 16 October 2024 }}</ref>

In the categorization of 113 of the highest points of Croatia by professor Vladimir Volenec, first published in 1990 and revised in 2015, there are 76 peaks from the Velebit.<ref name="HPS-highest"/>