Okolchitsa
Okolchitsa is a Bulgarian mountain, the highest peak in the Vratsa mountains in the west part of the Balkan Mountains. On the peak on June 2, 1876, the last battle of Hristo Botev's army took place.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,103 metres
- Description: peak in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Okolchitsa (peak)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chelopek and Ruska Bela.
Chelopek
Village
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chelopek is a village in Vratsa Municipality, Vratsa Province in northwestern Bulgaria. Located in the western Balkan Mountains, it is known as the home village of Ivan Vazov's heroine Baba Iliytsa from the tale One Bulgarian Woman.
Ruska Bela
Village
Ruska Bela is a village in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Mezdra Municipality, Vratsa Province.
Lyutibrod
Village
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lyutibrod is a village in Mezdra Municipality in Vratsa Province, western Bulgaria. As of 2007 it has a population of 452. The village is situated in the northern end of the Iskar Gorge, on the right bank of the river of the same name.
Okolchitsa
Latitude
43.15113° or 43° 9′ 4″ northLongitude
23.58379° or 23° 35′ 2″ eastElevation
1,103 metres (3,619 feet)Open location code
8GM55H2M+FGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1707107946OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Okolchitsa” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Volat”
- Bulgarian: “Вола”
- Bulgarian: “Волът”
- Bulgarian: “Околчица (връх)”
- Bulgarian: “Околчица”
- Cebuano: “Volŭt”
- Dutch: “Volt”
- French: “mont Okolchitsa”
- French: “Mont Okolchitsa”
- French: “Mont Okolchitza”
- French: “Okolchiza”
- German: “Okoltschiza”
- Swedish: “Volt”
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