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Biokovo, a mountain in Dalmatia; the highest peak is Sv. Jure (1762 m); other peaks: Sv. Ilija (1642 m), Kimet (1536 m), Veliki Šibenik (1467 m), Vošac (1421 m). It lies in the area between the Cetina and Neretva rivers. It stretches along the Adriatic coast in a northwest–southeast direction, from the Dupci pass in the northwest to the lowland between Mala Vrulja and Osoj in the southeast; 36 km long, up to 9.5 km wide.
The Adriatic Highway runs along the coast, and access from the interior is possible via local roads or the Zagreb–Ploče highway. The Sv. Ilija Tunnel was opened in 2013. The mountain has been protected as a nature park since 1981. To the peak of Sv. Jure is led by a narrow mountain road. There is a botanical garden in the locality of Kotišina above Makarska. Adventure tourism is developing; hiking is possible (mountaineering, hiking and educational trails, mountain huts, viewpoints), free climbing, cycling and paragliding (airport).
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