Vihren
Vihren is the highest peak of Bulgaria's Pirin Mountains. Reaching 2,914 metres, it is Bulgaria's second and the Balkans' third highest, after Musala and Mount Olympus.- Peak rising to 2,914 metres (9,560 feet)
- Description: highest point of Pirin mountain
- Also known as“El Tepe”“Vihren (peak)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Snezhnika and Kutelo.
Snezhnika
Glacier
Snezhnika is a glacieret in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria, a remnant of the former Vihren Glacier.
Vihren
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Latitude
41.76753° or 41° 46′ 3″ north
Longitude
23.3989° or 23° 23′ 56″ east
Open location code
8GH5Q99X+2H
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Vihren” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Віхрэн”
- Bulgarian: “Vihren”
- Bulgarian: “Вихрен”
- Bulgarian: “връх Вихрен”
- Bulgarian: “Ел тепе”
- Catalan: “Vihren”
- Cebuano: “Vihren”
- Chinese: “維赫倫峰”
- Chinese: “维赫伦峰”
- Czech: “Vichren”
- Czech: “Vihren”
- Dutch: “Vichren”
- Dutch: “Vihren”
- Esperanto: “Viĥren”
- Estonian: “Vihren”
- French: “Vihren”
- French: “Vikhren”
- Georgian: “ვიხრენი”
- German: “Vihren”
- German: “Wichren”
- Greek: “Ανεμοκορφή”
- Greek: “Βίχρεν”
- Hebrew: “ויחרן”
- Italian: “Vihren”
- Japanese: “ヴィフレン山”
- Kazakh: “Vïxren”
- Kazakh: “Вихрен”
- Kazakh: “ۆىيحرەن”
- Latvian: “Vihrens”
- Lithuanian: “Vichrenas”
- Lithuanian: “Vihrenas”
- Lombard: “Vihren”
- Macedonian: “Вихрен”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vihren”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vihren”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Вихрен”
- Norwegian: “Vihren”
- Polish: “Wichren”
- Portuguese: “Vihren”
- Romanian: “Vihren”
- Russian: “Вихрен”
- Slovak: “Vichren”
- Slovak: “Vihren”
- Slovenian: “Vihren”
- Spanish: “Vihren”
- Swedish: “Vichren”
- Turkish: “Vihren”
- Ukrainian: “Вихрен”
- Ukrainian: “Віхрен (гора)”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tumbata and Bansko.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pirin Mountains and Hvoynati vrah.
Pirin Macedonia: Highlights
Learn more about Blagoevgrad and Pirin National Park.
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