Sakar
Sakar is a low dome-shaped mountain range in southeastern Bulgaria, whose southeasternmost limits extend to European Turkey. Its highest peak is Vishegrad with an altitude of 856 meters above sea level.Photo: Evgord, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 679 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Brannitsa”, “Sakar Mountain”, and “Sakar Planina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vishegrad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Planinovo and Lisovo.
Planinovo
Village
Planinovo is a village in the municipality of Topolovgrad, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria. Planinovo is situated 3½ km southeast of Sakar.
Lisovo
Village
Lisovo is a village in the municipality of Svilengrad, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria. The village had 3 inhabitants, all of whom are ethnic Roma. Lisovo is situated 6 km southwest of Sakar.
Kostur
Village
Kostur, Bulgaria is a village in the municipality of Svilengrad, in Haskovo Province, in southern Bulgaria. Kostur Point on Brabant Island in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica is named after the village. Kostur is situated 6 km west of Sakar.
Sakar
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Haskovo, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Venetian—“Sakar” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Сакар (гара)”
- Belarusian: “Сакар”
- Bulgarian: “Сакар Планина”
- Bulgarian: “Сакар”
- Cebuano: “Sakar”
- Chinese: “萨卡山”
- Church Slavic: “Сакаръ · гора”
- Czech: “Sakar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل صقر”
- French: “Sakar”
- German: “Sakar”
- Greek: “Όρος Σακάρ”
- Hebrew: “סאקאר (הר)”
- Hindi: “साकार”
- Ladin: “Sakar”
- Macedonian: “Сакар”
- Newari: “साकार”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sakar”
- Polish: “Sakar”
- Russian: “Сакар (гора)”
- Russian: “Сакар”
- Swahili: “Sakar”
- Swedish: “Sakar”
- Turkish: “Sakar Dağı”
- Venetian: “Sakar Mountain”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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