Midžor
Midžor or Midzhur is a peak in the Balkan Mountains, situated on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. At 2,169 metres, it is the highest peak of the Western Balkan Mountains, as well as the highest in Serbia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mikel Iturbe Urretxa, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,169 metres
- Description: the highest mountain peak of the Western Balkan Mountains
- Also known as: “Gora Midshor”, “Midjur”, “Midzhur”, “Midzhur / Midžor”, and “Vŭrkh Midzhor”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kaluđerski Skokovi.
Kaluđerski Skokovi
Waterfall
Photo: Lazar Subotic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaluđerski Skokovi is the highest waterfall in Serbia. It is located on the Stara Planina mountain in southeast Serbia. Only discovered in 2012, it is 232 m high, which is over twice more than the Kopren Waterfall, previously the highest waterfall in Serbia, which itself was discovered only a year earlier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Topli Do and Crni Vrh.
Topli Do
Village
Photo: Medeniacus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Topli Do is a village in the municipality of Pirot, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 108 people.
Crni Vrh
Village
Photo: DjordjeMarkovic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crni Vrh is a village in the municipality of Knjaževac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 133 people. Crni Vrh is situated 8 km west of Midžor.
Zaskovci
Hamlet
Zaskovci is a village in the municipality of Pirot, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 68 people. It lies north of Zavoj Lake, to the northeast of the town of Temska. Zaskovci is situated 9 km southwest of Midžor.
Midžor
- Category: landform
- Location: Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.39525° or 43° 23′ 43″ northLongitude
22.67757° or 22° 40′ 39″ eastElevation
2,169 metres (7,116 feet)Open location code
8GM49MWH+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 3617105363OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Midžor” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Միջուր”
- Bulgarian: “Миджор”
- Bulgarian: “Миджур”
- Catalan: “Midžor”
- Cebuano: “Midzhur”
- Chinese: “米朱爾山”
- Croatian: “Midžor”
- Czech: “Midžor”
- Czech: “Midžur”
- Dutch: “Midžor”
- Estonian: “Midžor”
- French: “Midžor”
- German: “Midschur”
- Greek: “Μίντζορ”
- Italian: “Midžor”
- Japanese: “ミジュル峰”
- Javanese: “Midžor”
- Latvian: “Midžors”
- Macedonian: “Миџор”
- Macedonian: “Миџур”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Midžor”
- Persian: “میدژور”
- Polish: “Midżur”
- Portuguese: “Midžor”
- Romanian: “Midžor”
- Russian: “Миджур”
- Serbian: “Midžor”
- Serbian: “Миџор”
- Slovak: “Midžur”
- Slovenian: “Midžor”
- Spanish: “Midžor”
- Swedish: “Midzjor”
- Ukrainian: “Міджор”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Midzor and Калуђерска врела.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Midžor”. Photo: Mikel Iturbe Urretxa, CC BY-SA 2.0.