Musala
Musala is the highest peak in the Rila Mountains, as well as in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at 2,925.42 metres. With a topographic prominence of 2,473 metres, Musala is also the 6th highest peak by topographic prominence in mainland Europe.
Photo: Preslav, Public domain.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,925 metres
- Description: highest mountain of the Balkans in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Mussalla”, “Stalin”, “Vrah Stalin”, and “Vŭrkh Musalla”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basic Environmental Observatory - Musala and Malka Musala.
Basic Environmental Observatory - Musala
Monitoring station
Malka Musala
Peak
Irechek
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borovets.
Borovets
Borovets is a ski and mountain resort in Central Western Bulgaria, on the slopes of the Rila mountain range close to the town of Samokov. It's one of Bulgaria's most popular ski resorts and one of the starting points for hiking to Musala, the highest peak in Rila, Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula.
Musala
- Categories: mountain, main peak, two-thousander, highest point, ultra-prominent peak, and landform
- Location: Samokov, Sofia Province, Bulgarian Shopluk, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.17919° or 42° 10′ 45″ north
Longitude
23.58528° or 23° 35′ 7″ east
Elevation
2,925 metres (9,596 feet)
Open location code
8GJ55HHP+M4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Musala from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Musala” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Musalla”
- Arabic: “قمة مصلى”
- Armenian: “Մուսալա”
- Belarusian: “Мусала”
- Bosnian: “Musala”
- Breton: “Mousala”
- Bulgarian: “Връх Мусала”
- Bulgarian: “Връх Сталин”
- Bulgarian: “Мусала”
- Catalan: “Mussala”
- Cebuano: “Musala”
- Chinese: “穆萨拉峰”
- Chinese: “穆薩拉峰”
- Croatian: “Musala”
- Czech: “Musala”
- Czech: “nejvyšší hora Bulharska”
- Danish: “Musala”
- Dutch: “Moesala”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قمة مصلى”
- Esperanto: “Musala”
- Estonian: “Musala mägi”
- Estonian: “Musala”
- Estonian: “Mussala”
- Estonian: “Stalini mägi”
- Estonian: “TangRa”
- Finnish: “Musala”
- French: “Moussala”
- French: “Musala”
- Galician: “Musala”
- Georgian: “მუსალა”
- German: “Musala”
- German: “Mussala”
- Greek: “Μουσαλά”
- Hebrew: “מוסלה”
- Hungarian: “Muszala”
- Indonesian: “Musala”
- Indonesian: “Puncak Musala”
- Irish: “Musala”
- Italian: “Musala”
- Italian: “Mussala”
- Japanese: “ムサラ山”
- Korean: “무살라산”
- Ladin: “Musala”
- Latvian: “Musala”
- Lithuanian: “Musala”
- Lithuanian: “Musalos kalnas”
- Lombard: “Musala”
- Macedonian: “Мусала”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جبل موصالا”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Musala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fjell Musala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Musala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Мусала”
- Norwegian: “Musala”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mussala”
- Persian: “قله مصلی”
- Polish: “Musała”
- Portuguese: “Monte Musala”
- Portuguese: “Musala”
- Romanian: “Musala”
- Russian: “Мусала”
- Scots: “Musala”
- Serbian: “Musala”
- Serbian: “Мусала”
- Slovak: “Musala”
- Slovenian: “Musala”
- Spanish: “Mus Alla”
- Spanish: “Musala”
- Swahili: “Mlima Musala”
- Swedish: “Musala”
- Tajik: “Мусала”
- Telugu: “ముసాలా”
- Turkish: “Musala Dağı”
- Turkish: “Musala”
- Ukrainian: “Мусала”
- Urdu: “مصلیٰ”
- Venetian: “Mussala”
- Vietnamese: “Musala”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nehtenitza and Mala curkva.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Леденото езеро and Людмил Янков.
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