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Vihren
Vihren ( ) is the highest peak of Bulgaria's Pirin Mountains. Reaching , it is Bulgaria's second and the Balkans' third highest, after Musala and Mount Olympus. Although due to the karst topography Vihren is deprived of lakes and streams, a number of Pirin's lakes are located around the peak, as is Europe's southernmost glacial mass, the Snezhnika glacieret. Until 1942 Vihren was known as ''Eltepe'' (peak of storms); it was also called ''Buren'' (stormy) and ''Malnienosets'' (lightning-bringer). The UNESCO World Heritage Site Pirin National Park was originally known as the ''Vihren National Park''. Vihren is included in the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria under No. 2. Geography Vihren is situated in the northern subdivision of Pirin on the mountain's main ridge between the summits of Kutelo (2,908 m) to the north-west and Hvoynati Vrah (2,635 m) to the south-east. It is connected with these two peaks via the saddles of Premkata (2,610 m) to the north and Kabata (2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Vihren ( ) is the highest peak of Bulgaria's Pirin Mountains. Reaching , it is Bulgaria's second and the Balkans' third highest, after Musala and Mount Olympus. Although due to the karst topography Vihren is deprived of lakes and streams, a number of Pirin's lakes are located around the peak, as is Europe's southernmost glacial mass, the Snezhnika glacieret. Until 1942 Vihren was known as ''Eltepe'' (peak of storms); it was also called ''Buren'' (stormy) and ''Malnienosets'' (lightning-bringer). The UNESCO World Heritage Site Pirin National Park was originally known as the ''Vihren National Park''. Vihren is included in the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria under No. 2. Geography Vihren is situated in the northern subdivision of Pirin on the mountain's main ridge between the summits of Kutelo (2,908 m) to the north-west and Hvoynati Vrah (2,635 m) to the south-east. It is connected with these two peaks via the saddles of Premkata (2,610 m) to the north and Kabata (2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirin National Park
Pirin National Park ( bg, Национален парк "Пирин"), originally named Vihren National Park, encompasses the larger part of the Pirin, Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, spanning an area of . It is one of the three national parks in the country, the others being Rila National Park and Central Balkan National Park. The park was established in 1962 and its territory was expanded several times since then. Pirin National Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. The elevation varies from 950 m to 2,914 m at Vihren, Bulgaria's second highest summit and the Balkans' third. The park is situated in Blagoevgrad Province, the nation's south-westernmost region, on the territory of seven municipalities: Bansko Municipality, Bansko, Gotse Delchev Municipality, Gotse Delchev, Kresna Municipality, Kresna, Razlog Municipality, Razlog, Sandanski Municipality, Sandanski, Simitli Municipality, Simitli and Strumyani Municipality, Strumyani. There are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirin
, photo=Pirin-mountains-Bansko.jpg , photo_caption=Pirin scenery in winter , country= Bulgaria, , parent= , geology= granite, gneiss, marble, limestone , area_km2=2585 , range_coordinates = , length_km=80 , length_orientation= north-south , width_km=40 , width_orientation= north-south , highest= Vihren , elevation_m=2915 , coordinates = , map_image=Bulgaria Pirin mountain geographic map bg.svg The Pirin Mountains ( bg, Пирин ) are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren at an altitude of 2,914 m being the highest peak. The range extends about 80 km from the north-west to the south-east and is about 40 km wide, spanning a territory of . To the north Pirin is separated from Bulgaria's highest mountain range, the Rila Mountain, by the Predel saddle, while to the south it reaches the Slavyanka Mountain. To the west is located the valley of the river Struma and to the east the valley of the river Mesta separates it from the Rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kutelo
Kutelo ( ) is a summit in the Pirin mountain range, southwestern Bulgaria. With a height of 2,908 m it is the second highest peak in Pirin after Vihren (2,914 m), and the third one in Bulgaria, behind Musala (2,925 m) in Rila and Vihren. Kutelo is a double peak with a small saddle between the two parts, the lower being only one meter below the higher one, at 2,907 m. Seen from the town of Bansko it appears higher than Vihren. Like Vihren, which towers to the south, Kutelo is built up of marble but its slopes though sheer are not so rocky and it is not very difficult to climb. On the north-eastern slopes there are alpine climbing tracks of category II "b". The Premkata saddle is situated to the south and leads to Vihren while to the north is the narrow karst edge Koncheto which links Kutelo to the summit of Banski Suhodol. There are no marked tracks to the summit of Kutelo, but on the slanting western slope among the rocks is nestled the track between the Vihren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vihren Peak
Vihren Peak is a sharp peak rising to about 1150 m in Levski Ridge of the Tangra Mountains, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica overlooking Devnya Valley and Huron Glacier to the north-northwest, and Magura Glacier to the southeast. The feature is named after the homonymous summit of the Pirin Mountains in Bulgaria. Location The peak is located at , which is next northeast of Vitosha Saddle, 1.73 km northeast of Great Needle Peak (Falsa Aguja Peak), 490 m south-southwest of Helmet Peak, and 2.2 km north of Radichkov Peak (Bulgarian topographic survey Tangra 2004/05 and mapping in 2005 and 2009). Maps * L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005. * L.L. IvanovAntarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Founda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golemiya Kazan
Golemiya Kazan ( bg, Големия казан) is one of the two cirques that form an area called ''Kazanite'' (the Cauldrons), situated in Bulgaria's Pirin mountain range. ''Kazanite'' are located below the two highest summits Vihren (2,914 m) to the south and Kutelo (2,908 m) to the north. It is composed of two cirques, ''Malkiya Kazan'' (The Small Cauldron), which is the lower one (2,200 m) and is grassy, and ''Golemiya Kazan'' (The Big Cauldron), situated at 2,400 m and with stony slopes. The size of Golemiya Kazan is 1,200 m by 1,100 m. They were named like that because there is often fog rising from the cirques. Due to the karst in the region there are no lakes or streams in ''Kazanite''. A 450 m-high face of Vihren begins from Golemiya Kazan and at its foot a small glacier called Snezhnika is located, whose size is 80x90 m in summer, with a latitude of 41°46′09″ N it is the southernmost glacial mass in EuropeGrunewald, p. 129.. Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province ( bg, област Благоевград, ''oblast Blagoevgrad'' or Благоевградска област, ''Blagoevgradska oblast''), also known as Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia ( bg, Пиринска Македония; Българска Македония), (''Pirinska Makedoniya or Bulgarska Makedoniya'') is a province (''oblast'') of southwestern Bulgaria. It borders four other Bulgarian provinces to the north and east, the Greek region of Macedonia to the south, and North Macedonia to the west. The province has 14 municipalities with 12 towns. Its principal city is Blagoevgrad, while other significant towns include Bansko, Gotse Delchev, Melnik, Petrich, Razlog, Sandanski, and Simitli. Geography and climate Geography The province has a territory of and a population of 323,552 (). It is the third largest in Bulgaria after Burgas and Sofia Provinces and comprises 5.8% of the country's territory. Blagoevgrad Province includes the mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snezhnika
Snezhnika ( bg, Снежника 'the snow patch') is a glacieret in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria, a remnant of the former Vihren Glacier.Grunewald, p. 129. The glacieret lies at an elevation between and in the deep Golemiya Kazan cirque at the steep northern foot of Vihren (), Pirin's highest summit. Due to the relatively easy access and its location along a popular hiking trail, Snezhnika is Bulgaria's most famous glacieret. Snezhnika has an average area of and in 2006 it had a volume of . Snezhnika's size varies in length from 70 to 100 metres (west to east) and in width from 40 to 90 metres (north to south). Its firn is 8–11 m thick at the base and its snow cover, which is mostly fed by avalanche snow, can be as deep as 20 metres in March and April. Snezhnika's latitude of 41°46′09″ N makes it the southernmost glacial mass in Europe;http://geoproblems.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/2013_12/7_gachev.pdf the nearby Banski Suhodol Glacier below Koncheto, although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hvoynati Vrah
Hvoynati Vrah ( bg, Хвойнати връх, meaning Juniper Peak) is a 2,635 m high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is situated on the main mountain ridge between the summits of Vihren (2,914 m) and Muratov Vrah (2,669 m). It is built up of granite. Hvoynati Vrah is domed shape, with an extensive grassy cover around the top elevation. To the south, the sharp pointy saddle Vlahinski pass connects it with Muratov Vrah. This saddle separates the Vlahinski Cirque to the northwest from the Banderishki Cirque to the southeast and forms the most accessible connection between them. To the north the saddle Kabata leads to Vihren, the highest summit in the mountain range. At Kabata the granite rocks of Hvoynati Vrah give way to the marble rocks in the direction of Vihren. The western slopes of Hvoynati vrach towards the Vlahini Lakes are steep, grassy and difficult to access. To the east, the slopes are covered with dwarf mountain pine; in p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Tourist Sites Of Bulgaria
100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria is a Bulgarian national movement established in 1966 to promote tourism among Bulgaria's most significant cultural, historic, and natural landmarks. As part of this program, sites of cultural and historical significance have been selected, ranging from historic places and monuments to archaeological and architectural sanctuaries, museums, monasteries, as well as national parks, mountain peaks and other geological phenomena. Each of the chosen landmarks has its own individual seal, which is stamped onto pages of an official passport-like booklet issued by the Bulgarian Tourist Union (BTU). A booklet can be purchased at any tourist union center or on location at any of the sites and it costs a symbolic 1 lev. The booklet comes with a separate map which includes a list of the sites, their addresses and working hours. The maximum number of collectible stamps per booklet is 100 and, contrary to the movement's title, the exact number of official sites exce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlahini Lakes
The Vlahini Lakes () is a group of six lakes, five of which are permanent, in the Pirin mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, 1.5 km to the southwest from Vihren. The lakes are named after the village of Vlahi, located at a lower altitude. Other names of the lakes include Vihrenski and Eltepski lakes. *The first and largest lake is the Big Vlahino lake, at 2,302 m. Its size is 400x245 m, with surface area of 23.4 deciares and depth of 13.4 m. The water capacity is 421,000 m³. *Below is situated at 2,300 m the smallest lake with size of 68x50 m, area of 3 deciares, depth of 8.4 m and volume of 10,000 m³. *The third lake is 300 m from the Big Vlahina lake at the same elevation as the second lake. It is elongated (145x100 m) but very shallow- up to 0.8 m. The water capacity is 4,400 m³. *The fourth lake (2,291 m) is also elongated (245x56 m) and has a surface area of 10 deciares. The amount of water is only 9,000 m³. *The fifth lake is at the highest altitude among the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkans
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the whole of Bulgaria. The Balkan Peninsula is bordered by the Adriatic Sea in the northwest, the Ionian Sea in the southwest, the Aegean Sea in the south, the Turkish Straits in the east, and the Black Sea in the northeast. The northern border of the peninsula is variously defined. The highest point of the Balkans is Mount Musala, , in the Rila mountain range, Bulgaria. The concept of the Balkan Peninsula was created by the German geographer August Zeune in 1808, who mistakenly considered the Balkan Mountains the dominant mountain system of Southeast Europe spanning from the Adriatic Sea to the Black Sea. The term ''Balkan Peninsula'' was a synonym for Rumelia in the 19th century, the European provinces of the Ottoman Empire. It had a ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
