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: “Fjell Musala”, “Monte Musala”, “Mus Alla”, “Musala Dağı”, “Musala mägi”, “Musalos kalnas”, “Mussalla”, “nejvyšší hora Bulharska”, “Stalin”, “Stalini mägi”, “TangRa”, “Vrah Stalin”, “Vŭrkh Musalla”, “Връх Мусала”, and “Връх Сталин”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Basic Environmental Observatory - Musala and Malka Musala.
Basic Environmental Observatory - Musala
Monitoring station
Malka Musala
Peak
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borovets.
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
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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: “Мусала”
- Catalan: “Mussala”
- Cebuano: “Musala”
- Chinese: “穆萨拉峰”
- Chinese: “穆薩拉峰”
- Croatian: “Musala”
- Czech: “Musala”
- Danish: “Musala”
- Dutch: “Moesala”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قمة مصلى”
- Esperanto: “Musala”
- Estonian: “Musala”
- Finnish: “Musala”
- French: “Moussala”
- Galician: “Musala”
- Georgian: “მუსალა”
- German: “Musala”
- Greek: “Μουσαλά”
- Hebrew: “מוסלה”
- Hungarian: “Muszala”
- Indonesian: “Musala”
- Indonesian: “Puncak Musala”
- Irish: “Musala”
- Italian: “Mussala”
- Japanese: “ムサラ山”
- Korean: “무살라산”
- Ladin: “Musala”
- Latvian: “Musala”
- Lithuanian: “Musala”
- Lombard: “Musala”
- Macedonian: “Мусала”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جبل موصالا”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Musala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Musala”
- Norwegian: “Musala”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mussala”
- Persian: “قله مصلی”
- Polish: “Musała”
- Portuguese: “Musala”
- Romanian: “Musala”
- Russian: “Мусала”
- Scots: “Musala”
- Serbian: “Musala”
- Serbian: “Мусала”
- Slovak: “Musala”
- Slovenian: “Musala”
- Spanish: “Musala”
- Swahili: “Mlima Musala”
- Swedish: “Musala”
- Tajik: “Мусала”
- Telugu: “ముసాలా”
- Turkish: “Musala”
- Ukrainian: “Мусала”
- Urdu: “مصلیٰ”
- Venetian: “Mussala”
- Vietnamese: “Musala”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Nehtenitza and Mala curkva.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Леденото езеро and Людмил Янков.
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