Kupena

Kupena is a cliff in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria and has an elevation of 1,018 metres. Kupena is situated nearby to the town Peshtera, as well as near the hamlet Atoluka.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Snezhanka Cave and Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station.

Snezhanka Cave

Cave

Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.

Snezhanka is a show cave in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It was discovered in 1961 and opened for visitors in 1965. Snezhanka is among the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria of the Bulgarian Tourist Union.

Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station

Power station

The Peshtera Hydro Power Plant is an active underground hydroelectric plant in Peshtera, Bulgaria. It is part of the Batak Hydropower Cascade. It has 5 individual Pelton turbines which can deliver up to 136 MW of power. Peshtera Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 4 km northwest of Kupena.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peshtera and Atoluka.

Peshtera

Town

Photo: Spiritia, Public domain.

Peshtera is a town in the Rhodope Mountains, southern Bulgaria. It is located in Pazardzhik Province near the towns of Batak and Bratsigovo. The town is the third largest in the province after Pazardzhik and Velingrad and is the forty-fifth largest in Bulgaria. Peshtera is situated 5 km north of Kupena.

Atoluka

Hamlet

Photo: Hristina Bumbarova, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Atoluka is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southeast of Kupena.

Rozovo

Village

Rozovo is a village located in Bratsigovo Municipality, Pazardzhik Province, Southern Bulgaria. It is 4 km from Bratsigovo and 8 km from the village Ravnogor. Rozovo is situated 7 km east of Kupena.

Kupena

Type: Cliff with an elevation of 1,018 metres
Category: landform
Location: Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

41.99254° or 41° 59′ 33″ north

Longitude

24.28935° or 24° 17′ 22″ east

Elevation

1,018 metres (3,340 feet)

Open location code

8GH6X7VQ+2P

GeoNames ID

11780444

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In Other Languages

“Kupena” goes by many names.

Bulgarian: “Kupena”
Bulgarian: “Купена”

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