Zabat ( bg, Зъбът, meaning ''The Fang'') is a 2,688 m high peak in the

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mountain range, south-western

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. Built up of granite, it is located in the northern part of Pirin in the central section of the Kamenitsa secondary ridge. Seen from Begovitsa cirque its shape resembles a tooth, hence its name. To the north and northwest of summit peak stretches the pebbly Begovitsa cirque. The slopes in that direction are steep and rocky opening to a vast area of rocks. South of Zabat are the lush pastures of the Bashmandra cirque, where the slopes are significantly more oblique and covered with grass. There are several cold springs, which give rise to the Bashmandra river, a tribute of the

Pirinska Bistritsa The Pirinska Bistritsa ( bg, Пиринска Бистрица) is a river in south-western Bulgaria, a left tributary of the Struma. The river is 53 km long; the last 7 km before its confluence with the Struma forms the border between ...

. To the east of Zabat on the Kamenitsa secondary ridge is located the summit

Yalovarnika Yalovarnika ( bg, Яловарника ) is a 2,763 m-high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of Pirin on the 22 km-long Kamenitsa secondary ridge between the summits of Kamenit ...

(2,763 m), connected via a short easy-to-pass saddle that divides the cirques Bashmandra and Begovitsa. To the south-southwest of Zabat along the ridge is the massif

Kuklite Kuklite ( bg, Куклите ) is a 2,686 m-high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of Pirin on the Kamenitsa secondary ridge between the summits of Yalovarnika (2,763 m), Zabat ...

(2,686 m). The saddle connecting them is quite steep and short near Zabat and much longer and oblique towards Kuklite. A marked trail between Begovitsa and Demyanitsa refuge follows the saddle.

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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 (

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