🦎 Rupnica

Croatia · Europe · Nature Reserve · 45.60°N, 17.53°E

Rupnica is an outcrop of columnar-jointed rhyolite in Croatia. It lies in the southwest of Voćin. The site used to be a quarry but is now a natural heritage. On 14 October 1948 Rupnica was declared the first natural heritage site of Croatia.

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Quick facts

Country	Croatia
Continent / region	Europe
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	45.60°N, 17.53°E · view on map

Rupnica is a nature reserve in Croatia, in Europe. The details of why Rupnica is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Croatia

Paklenica · Krka National Park · Northern Velebit National Park · Risnjak National Park · Telašćica · Mljet Nacionalni Park.

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