Crni Vrh (Bor)

Crni vrh
Highest point
Elevation1,043 m (3,422 ft)[1]
Coordinates44°07′50″N 21°57′51″E / 44.13056°N 21.96417°E / 44.13056; 21.96417
Geography
Crni vrh is located in Serbia
Crni vrh
Crni vrh
Location in Serbia
LocationEastern Serbia

Crni vrh (Serbian Cyrillic: Црни врх, Romanian: Vârful Negru) is a mountain in eastern Serbia, between towns of Bor and Žagubica. Its eponymous highest peak has an elevation of 1,043 m (3,422 ft) above sea level. It is a minor winter resort, and has several ski tracks, although the infrastructure is in bad shape. However, in 2009 the municipality of Bor invested in reconstruction of the ski lift[1] The main ski track is 1,100 m long and has height span of 260 m.[1]

A hotel complex, Hyatt hotel Jelen, was being built by a consortium of Serbian public companies, however the work was halted during the NATO bombing. In 2010, talks were held with an unnamed Russian company about overtaking of the site.[2] Currently, there is a mountaineering home near the track, with 30 beds.[1]

Crni vrh has good road infrastructure, because it lies near the magistral road Bor-Žagubica.[1]

At the foothills a dam was built in 1953, creating an artificial lake (Bor Lake, Serbian: Borsko jezero). Although it was originally planned to supply the nearby mine, its pure waters proved excellent for swimming for small-scale tourism.[3] On the lake, there is hotel "Jezero" and an auto camp.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Crni vrh" (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2010-08-10.
  2. ^ "Russians want Hyatt Crni Vrh". Tanjug. 2010-09-06. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
  3. ^ "Bor, Negotin". Serbia.travel. Archived from the original on 2011-04-12.