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Shipka

Shipka is peak in the central part of , east of , central . The is situated on the summit.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,335 metres
  • Description: peak in the Balkan mountains, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Shipka (peak)” and “Свети Никола”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shipka Monument and Eagle’s Nest.

Battlefield
Photo: Ivanov id, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Liberty Memorial, also known as the , is а symbol of modern and the liberation of Bulgaria. The monument is the heart of the Shipka National Park-Museum and is located on Shipka Peak in the .

Peak
Photo: Ivano Giambattista, CC0.
is a peak.

Church
Photo: Mincov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ, better known as the or Shipka Monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox church built near the town of in Stara Planina between 1885 and 1902, according to Antoniy Tomishko's design in the seventeenth-century Russian style under the direction of architect Alexander Pomerantsev.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shipka and Ezeroto.

Town
Photo: Annboeva, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in central , part of Kazanlak Municipality, . It lies in the Central Balkan Mountains, at, 650 metres above sea level.

Village
is a village in , in , in northern central .

Village
is a village in , in , in northern central . In 2020 it had a population of 3.

Shipka

Latitude
42.7481° or 42° 44′ 53″ north
Longitude
25.3211° or 25° 19′ 16″ east
Elevation
1,335 metres (4,380 feet)
Open location code
8GJ7P8XC+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 274078213
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q134217
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Satellite Map

Discover Shipka from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Shipka” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Връх Шипка”
  • Bulgarian: “Столетов”
  • Bulgarian: “Шипка (връх)”
  • Bulgarian: “Шипка”
  • French: “mont Chipka”
  • French: “Mont Chipka”
  • German: “Schipka”
  • Hungarian: “Sipka”
  • Japanese: “シプカ峰”
  • Polish: “Szipka”
  • Russian: “Шипка”
  • Slovenian: “Šipka”
  • Ukrainian: “Шипка”

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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 “Shipka”. Photo: Jkransen, CC BY-SA 2.5.