Pištenik
(Redirected from Balinka pit)
| Pištenik | |
|---|---|
  Pištenik | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 800 m (2,600 ft) |
| Coordinates | 45°02′09″N 15°26′37″E / 45.035814°N 15.443552°E |
| Geography | |
| Location | Croatia |
| Parent range | Dinaric Alps |
Pištenik is a mountain in Croatia, located southeast of Plaški and northwest of Saborsko. Its highest peak is 800 metres (2,600 ft) high.[1] It hosts a 328 m (1,076 ft) deep karst pit called Balinka.[2] In the 1960s, members of the local mountaineering society "HPD Željezničar" surveyed 45 speleological sites there, including a cave called Estavela Begovac with a depth of 260 m (850 ft).[3] In a 1964 expedition to the Balinka Pit of the Croatian speleologists joined by the South Wales Caving Club, William Anthony Birchenough reached a depth of almost 700 feet. Two years later a second expedition reached the bottom of the pit. [4]
References
[edit]- ^ Nežić, Petar (1987). "Položaj i povijesni pregled ogulinskog kraja" (PDF). Šumarski list (in Croatian) (7–9). Croatian Forestry Society: 318. ISSN 0373-1332. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Balinka". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Povijest speleološkog odsjeka od 1962. do 1970" [History of the speleological section between 1962 and 1970] (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: HPD Željezničar. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ https://www.swcc.org.uk/joomla-swcc/images/Documents/Docs_Arch/Newsletter/21stanniversarypublication.pdf P160- P255
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