Pirin Mountains
The Pirin Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with the highest peak, Vihren, at an altitude of 2,914 m. The range extends about 80 km from the north-west to the south-east and is about 40 km wide, spanning a territory of 2,585 km2.Photo: Dido3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 2,237 metres
- Description: mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Pirin” and “Prin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vihren and Snezhnika.
Vihren
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Спасимир, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Snezhnika
Glacier
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Snezhnika is a glacieret in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria, a remnant of the former Vihren Glacier. The glacieret lies at an elevation between 2,425 m and 2,480 m in the deep Golemiya Kazan cirque at the steep northern foot of Vihren, Pirin's highest summit.
Kutelo
Peak
Photo: Dido3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kutelo is a summit in the Pirin mountain range, southwestern Bulgaria. With a height of 2,908 m, it is the second highest peak in Pirin after Vihren, and the third one in Bulgaria, behind Musala in Rila and Vihren.
Pirin Mountains
- Category: landform
- Location: Pirin Macedonia, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.766° or 41° 45′ 58″ northLongitude
23.4° or 23° 24′ eastElevation
2,237 metres (7,339 feet)Open location code
8GH5QC82+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 4938022322OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Pirin Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال بيرين”
- Armenian: “Պիրին”
- Azerbaijani: “Pirin”
- Basque: “Pirin”
- Belarusian: “Пірын”
- Bulgarian: “Пирин”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes Pirin”
- Chinese: “皮林山脈”
- Church Slavic: “Пирин”
- Church Slavic: “Пиринъ”
- Church Slavic: “Пири́нъ”
- Croatian: “Pirin”
- Czech: “Pirin”
- Danish: “Pirin”
- Dutch: “Pirin-gebergte”
- Dutch: “Pirin”
- Dutch: “Piringebergte”
- Esperanto: “montaro Pirin”
- Esperanto: “Pirin”
- French: “Massif du Pirin”
- French: “Pirin”
- Georgian: “პირინი”
- German: “Pirin-Gebirge”
- German: “Pirin”
- German: “Piringebirge”
- Greek: “όρη Πιρίν”
- Greek: “όρη Πυρήν”
- Greek: “Πιρίν”
- Greek: “Πυρήν”
- Greek: “Πυρίν”
- Hebrew: “הרי פירין”
- Hungarian: “Pirin-hegység”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Pirin”
- Italian: “Monti Pirin”
- Italian: “Pirin”
- Japanese: “ピリン地方”
- Japanese: “ピリン山脈”
- Kirghiz: “Пирин”
- Korean: “피린산맥”
- Kurdish: “Çiyayên Pîrenê”
- Ladin: “Pirin”
- Latin: “Orbelus”
- Latin: “Pirin”
- Latvian: “Pirinas kalni”
- Latvian: “Pirins”
- Lithuanian: “Pirinas”
- Lithuanian: “Pirino kalnai”
- Macedonian: “Пирин”
- Malayalam: “പിരിൻ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pirin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pirin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Пирин”
- Norwegian: “Pirin”
- Persian: “پیرین”
- Polish: “Pirin”
- Polish: “Piryn”
- Romanian: “Munţii Pirin”
- Romanian: “Munții Pirin”
- Romanian: “Pirin”
- Russian: “Пирин”
- Serbian: “Pirin”
- Serbian: “Пирин”
- Slovak: “Pirin”
- Slovenian: “Pirin”
- Spanish: “Pirin”
- Swahili: “Pirin”
- Swedish: “Pirin”
- Swedish: “Pirinbergen”
- Turkish: “Pirin Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Пирин”
- Ukrainian: “Пірін”
- Urdu: “پیرن سلسلہ کوہ”
- Venetian: “Pirin”
- Vietnamese: “Pirin”
- Western Armenian: “Բիրին (լեռնաշղթայ)”
- Western Armenian: “Բիրին”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Черната вода and Пещерата.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Вихренската пещера and Премката.
Pirin Macedonia: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Blagoevgrad, Pirin National Park, Bansko, and Melnik.
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