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Paklenica National Park | |
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Native name Croatian: Nacionalni park Paklenica | |
Location | Zadar County, Croatia |
Coordinates | 44°22′N 15°26′E / 44.367°N 15.433°E |
Area | 95 km2 |
Governing body | Paklenica National Park |
Official name | Nacionalni park Paklenica |
The Paklenica karst river canyon is a national park in Croatia. It is near Starigrad, northern Dalmatia, on the southern slopes of Velebit mountain, not far from Zadar. It contains two canyons, Mala (Small) and Velika (Big) Paklenica. Today there is no water flowing through Mala Paklenica. Near the entrance to the Velika Paklenica is an artificial tunnel complex built for Josip Broz Tito during the tension between Yugoslavia and the USSR in the late 1940s and early 1950s.