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.- Peak rising to 2,925 metres (9,596 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Vrah Stalin”
- Description: highest mountain of the Balkans in Bulgaria
- Also known as“Mussalla”“Stalin”“Vŭrkh Musalla”
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Basic Environmental Observatory - Musala
Basic Environmental Observatory - Musala is a monitoring station.
Malka Musala
Malka Musala is a summit in the eastern part of the Rila Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria.
Irechek
Irechek is a summit in the eastern part of the Rila Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borovets.
Musala
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Latitude
42.17919° or 42° 10′ 45″ north
Longitude
23.58528° or 23° 35′ 7″ east
Open location code
8GJ55HHP+M4
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Musala” goes by many names.
MusallaAlbanian
قمة مصلىArabic
ՄուսալաArmenian
МусалаBelarusian
MusalaBosnian
MousalaBreton
Връх МусалаBulgarian
Връх СталинBulgarian
МусалаBulgarian
MussalaCatalan
MusalaCebuano
穆萨拉峰Chinese
穆薩拉峰Chinese
MusalaCroatian
MusalaCzech
nejvyšší hora BulharskaCzech
MusalaDanish
MoesalaDutch
قمة مصلىEgyptian Arabic
MusalaEsperanto
MusalaEstonian
Musala mägiEstonian
MussalaEstonian
Stalini mägiEstonian
TangRaEstonian
MusalaFinnish
MusalaGalician
მუსალაGeorgian
ΜουσαλάGreek
מוסלהHebrew
MuszalaHungarian
MusalaIndonesian
Puncak MusalaIndonesian
MusalaIrish
MusalaItalian
MussalaItalian
ムサラ山Japanese
무살라산Korean
MusalaLadin
MusalaLatvian
MusalaLithuanian
Musalos kalnasLithuanian
MusalaLombard
МусалаMacedonian
جبل موصالاMoroccan Arabic
MusalaNorwegian
MusalaNorwegian Bokmål
Fjell MusalaNorwegian Nynorsk
MusalaNorwegian Nynorsk
МусалаNorwegian Nynorsk
MussalaOccitan (post 1500)
قله مصلیPersian
MusałaPolish
MusalaRomanian
МусалаRussian
MusalaScots
MusalaSerbian
МусалаSerbian
MusalaSlovak
MusalaSlovenian
Mlima MusalaSwahili
MusalaSwedish
МусалаTajik
ముసాలాTelugu
MusalaTurkish
Musala DağıTurkish
МусалаUkrainian
مصلیٰUrdu
MussalaVenetian
MusalaVietnamese
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