Dinaric Alps

Parallel to the Dinaric Alps are a number of rocky islands, separated from the mainland by a deep, though narrow, strait.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

The scenery is spectacular, with the Dinaric Alps plummeting into seas that are often exquisitely clear and pos-sibly even clean.

Escape To The Balkans 2007

That's a whine that echoes off the rocky, arid Dinaric Alps all along the Adriatic.

Escape To The Balkans 2007

Malka Planina and the Ikhtiman hills, respectively west and east of Sofia; it may be regarded as a continuation of the great Alpine system which traverses the Peninsula from the Dinaric Alps and the Shar Planina on the west to the Shabkhana Dagh near the Aegean coast; its sharper outlines and pine-clad steeps reproduce the scenery of the Alps rather than that of the

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

The other mountain-systems display great complexity of formation; beginning with the Dinaric Alps and the parallel ranges of Bosnia, they run, as a rule, from north-west to south-east; the great chain of Rhodope traverses the centre of the Peninsula, throwing out spurs towards the Black

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various

‘It seems to have been a sort of standard anecdote until 1190, when Richard the First set out to do his own bit of crusading, and then a detachment under a delightful soul called Edward the Faithful left the main expedition in Tuscia, cut across Romandiola to Ancona, and across the Adriatic — whatever it was then called — to a place called Ragusa, where the Dinaric Alps run down to the sea.’

Sweet Danger Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1933

‘It seems to have been a sort of standard anecdote until 1190, when Richard the First set out to do his own bit of crusading, and then a detachment under a delightful soul called Edward the Faithful left the main expedition in Tuscia, cut across Romandiola to Ancona, and across the Adriatic — whatever it was then called — to a place called Ragusa, where the Dinaric Alps run down to the sea.’

Sweet Danger Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1933

The Dinaric Alps and the Save and Drina Rivers form a large part of the boundary line of the country which in shape closely resembles an equilateral triangle.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

In the east the Alps are divided into three chains; of these the middle one passes into the Hungarian plain; the Carpathian and Balkan ranges unite in a great bend with the northern chain, and the southern one is continued by the Dinaric Alps and the western chains of the Balkan Peninsula as far as Crete and the south-western part of Asia Minor.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Sarajevo is located in the Sarajevo valley of Bosnia proper, surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated around the Miljacka river.

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