Malak Polezhan ( bg, Малък Полежан , meaning ''Little Polezhan'') is a peak in the northern section of the

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mountain range, south-western

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. Its height is 2,822 m which places it among the top ten summits of Pirin. The peak is built up of granite. Malak Polezhan is situated on the Polezhan side-ward ridge of the range between the peaks of

Polezhan Polezhan ( bg, Полежан , known pre-1942 as Mangar Tepe ( ) is a 2,851 m cone shaped high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is the highest granite summit in Pirin and the fourth highest in the mountain range ...

(2,851 m) to the north-east and

Dzhengal Dzhengal () is a peak on the Bulgarian Pirin mountain range. It is situated in one of the external ridges of the mountain, the Polejan Ridge, between the Dzhengal Gate and Momin Dvor Peak and towers to the west of the Popovo Lake. It is 2,730 m h ...

(2,730 m) to the south. It is linked with Polezhan via a short and shallow saddle. To the east adjacent to the saddle is situated the Upper Polezhan Lake (2,706 m), the highest glacial lake in Pirin and the second one in Bulgaria, although some authors consider its altitude being 2,710 m which would make it the highest in Bulgaria. South of Malak Polezhan in direction of Dzhengal there are several lowers elevations with distinct shape known and the ''Obidim Ears''. The eastern slopes of Malak Polezhan are very steep, at places vertical, grassy, and with

scree Scree is a collection of broken rock fragments at the base of a cliff or other steep rocky mass that has accumulated through periodic rockfall. Landforms associated with these materials are often called talus deposits. Talus deposits typically ha ...

s of unstable rock material. The north-western slope is a massive scree composed of

flagstone Flagstone (flag) is a generic flat stone, sometimes cut in regular rectangular or square shape and usually used for paving slabs or walkways, patios, flooring, fences and roofing. It may be used for memorials, headstones, facades and other con ...

typical of the region. Its lowest section reaches the Upper Gazey Lake. To the south-west of the summit there is a small cirque facing the valley of the river Valyavitsa. In western direction there is a short ridge that links Malak Polezhan with the neighbouring summit

Gazey Gazey () is a peak in the Pirin mountain, Bulgaria situated on a small sideward ridge of the Polejansli Ridge. It is 2,761 m high, which makes it ninth in the mountain. Viewed from Polejan it looks small, rising slightly above the Upper Polejan la ...

(2,761 m).

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* * {{cite book , ref={{harvid, Dushkov, 1972 , title = Пирин. Туристически речник , trans-title = Pirin. Tourist Dictionary , last1 = Душков (Dushkov) , first1 = Добри (Dobri) , year = 1972 , language = Bulgarian , publisher = Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura) , location = София (Sofia) , isbn = Mountains of Pirin Landforms of Blagoevgrad Province Two-thousanders of Bulgaria