Polezhan ( bg, Полежан , known pre-1942 as Mangar Tepe ( ) is a 2,851 m cone shaped high peak in the

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mountain range, south-western

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. It is the highest

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...

summit in Pirin and the fourth highest in the mountain range after the

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the term ''marble'' refers to metamorphose ...

peaks

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 numb ...

(2,914 m),

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 Vi ...

(2,908 m) and

Banski Suhodol Banski Suhodol ( bg, Бански Суходол ) is a peak in the Pirin mountain, south-western Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of Pirin on the main ridge. Its height is 2,884 m which ranks it on third place in Pirin after Vihren ( ...

(2,884 m). It is situated on the Polezhan side ridge which also includes the summits of Malak Polezhan (2,822 m),

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), Bezbog (2,645 m), Kaymakchal (2,763 m) and Disilitsa (2,700 m), as well as the imposing edge of Strazhite. The closest mountain refuge is Bezbog named after homonymous peak which lies near Polezhan. Depending on weather conditions the mountain refuge is about 2-3h from Polezhan. Two of the highest lakes in Pirin are situated in the vicinity of Polezhan, namely the Upper Polezhan Lake at 2,706 m, the second highest lake in Bulgaria, as well as the Upper Gazey Lake at 2,642 m.

Gallery

File:Kamenitsa peak at the bottom and Polezhan at the bottom left of Sinanitsa peak.jpg File:Polezhan peak - panoramio.jpg File:Polejan.jpg

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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 Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

) , isbn = Mountains of Pirin Landforms of Blagoevgrad Province Two-thousanders of Bulgaria