Shipka Pass
Shipka Pass is a scenic mountain pass through the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria. It marks the border between Stara Zagora province and Gabrovo province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Pass with an elevation of 1,068 metres
- Description: mountain pass in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Shipchenski Prokhod”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shipka Monument and Shipka.
Shipka Monument
Battlefield
Photo: Ivanov id, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Liberty Memorial, also known as the Shipka Monument, is а symbol of modern Bulgaria and the liberation of Bulgaria. The monument is the heart of the Shipka National Park-Museum and is located on Shipka Peak in the Balkan Mountains.
Shipka
Peak
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Shipka is peak in the central part of Balkan Mountains, east of Shipka Pass, central Bulgaria. The Shipka Monument is situated on the summit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ezeroto and Potok.
Ezeroto
Village
Ezeroto is a village in Gabrovo Municipality, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria. Ezeroto is situated 3½ km east of Shipka Pass.
Potok
Village
Potok is a village in Gabrovo Municipality, in Gabrovo Province, in northern central Bulgaria. In 2020 it had a population of 3. Potok is situated 4½ km northeast of Shipka Pass.
Shipka
Town
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Shipka is a town in central Bulgaria, part of Kazanlak Municipality, Stara Zagora Province. It lies in the Central Balkan Mountains at 650 metres above sea level, facing the Kazanlak Valley. Shipka is situated 4½ km south of Shipka Pass.
Shipka Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Uzbek—“Shipka Pass” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Puerto de Shipka”
- Armenian: “Շիպկա”
- Bulgarian: “Shipchenski Prohod”
- Bulgarian: “Прохода Шипка”
- Bulgarian: “Шипка”
- Bulgarian: “Шипченски проход”
- Bulgarian: “Шипченския проход”
- Bulgarian: “Шипченският проход”
- Chinese: “希普卡山口”
- Danish: “Shipkapasset”
- Danish: “Sjipkapasset”
- Dutch: “Shipka”
- Dutch: “Sjipkapas”
- Finnish: “Šipkan sola”
- Finnish: “Šipkansola”
- French: “col de Chipka”
- French: “Col de Chipka”
- French: “Col de Shipka”
- Georgian: “შიპკის უღელტეხილი”
- German: “Schipkapass”
- German: “Schipkapaß”
- Greek: “Πέρασμα της Σίπκα”
- Greek: “Σίπκα πέρασμα”
- Hebrew: “מעבר שיפקה”
- Hungarian: “Sipka-szoros”
- Italian: “Passo di Šipka”
- Italian: “passo Shipka”
- Japanese: “シプカ峠”
- Latvian: “Šipkas pāreja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjipkapasset”
- Persian: “گذرگاه شیپکا”
- Persian: “گردنه شیپکا”
- Polish: “Szipka”
- Romanian: “pasul Șipka”
- Russian: “Шипка (перевал)”
- Russian: “Шипкинский перевал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prijevoj Šipka”
- Slovak: “Šipka”
- Spanish: “paso de Shipka”
- Spanish: “Paso de Shipka”
- Swedish: “Schipka”
- Swedish: “Schipkapasset”
- Swedish: “Sjipka”
- Swedish: “Sjipkapasset”
- Turkish: “Şipka Geçidi”
- Turkish: “Şıpka Geçidi”
- Ukrainian: “Шипкинський перевал”
- Uzbek: “Shipka”
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