Vihren

Vihren is the highest peak of 's Pirin Mountains. Reaching 2,914 metres, it is Bulgaria's second and the ' third highest, after and .
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  • Type: Scenic viewpoint
  • Description: highest point of Pirin mountain
  • Also known as: “El Tepe”, “Vihren (peak)”, and “Vihren peak”
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Snezhnika and Kutelo.

Glacier
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is a glacieret in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria, a remnant of the former Vihren Glacier. The glacieret lies at an elevation between 2,425 m and 2,480 m in the deep Golemiya Kazan cirque at the steep northern foot of , Pirin's highest summit.

Peak
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is a summit in the Pirin mountain range, southwestern . With a height of 2,908 m, it is the second highest peak in Pirin after , and the third one in Bulgaria, behind in and Vihren.

Peak
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is a peak in the Pirin mountain, south-western . It is located in the northern part of Pirin on the main ridge. Its height is 2,884 m which ranks it in third place in Pirin after and .

Vihren

Latitude
41.76733° or 41° 46′ 2″ north
Longitude
23.39884° or 23° 23′ 56″ east
Elevation
2,914 metres (9,560 feet)
Open location code
8GH5Q98X+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 274078063
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Wiki­data ID
Q1140684
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Vihren” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Віхрэн”
  • Bulgarian: “Вихрен”
  • Bulgarian: “връх Вихрен”
  • Bulgarian: “Ел тепе”
  • Catalan: “Vihren”
  • Cebuano: “Vihren”
  • Chinese: “維赫倫峰”
  • Chinese: “维赫伦峰”
  • Czech: “Vichren”
  • Czech: “Vihren”
  • Dutch: “Vichren”
  • Dutch: “Vihren”
  • Esperanto: “Viĥren”
  • Estonian: “Vihren”
  • French: “Vihren”
  • French: “Vikhren”
  • Georgian: “ვიხრენი”
  • German: “Vihren”
  • German: “Wichren”
  • Greek: “Ανεμοκορφή”
  • Greek: “Βίχρεν”
  • Hungarian: “Vihren”
  • Italian: “Vihren”
  • Japanese: “ヴィフレン山”
  • Kazakh: “Vïxren”
  • Kazakh: “Вихрен”
  • Kazakh: “ۆىيحرەن”
  • Latvian: “Vihrens”
  • Lithuanian: “Vichrenas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vihrenas”
  • Lombard: “Vihren”
  • Macedonian: “Вихрен”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vihren”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vihren”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Вихрен”
  • Norwegian: “Vihren”
  • Polish: “Wichren”
  • Portuguese: “Vihren”
  • Romanian: “Vihren”
  • Russian: “Вихрен”
  • Slovak: “Vichren”
  • Slovak: “Vihren”
  • Slovenian: “Vihren”
  • Spanish: “Vihren”
  • Swedish: “Vichren”
  • Turkish: “Vihren”
  • Ukrainian: “Вихрен”
  • Ukrainian: “Віхрен (гора)”

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