Pirin Mountains
The Pirin Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with the highest peak, Vihren, at an altitude of 2,914 m. The range extends about 80 km from the north-west to the south-east and is about 40 km wide, spanning a territory of 2,585 km2.Photo: Dido3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mountain range
- Description: mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Pirin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vihren and Todorka.
Vihren
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Спасимир, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vihren is the highest peak of Bulgaria's Pirin Mountains. Reaching 2,914 metres, it is Bulgaria's second and the Balkans' third highest, after Musala and Mount Olympus.
Todorka
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Todorka is a massive peak in the Pirin Mountains of south-western Bulgaria. It is the only peak of the Todorka side ridge and has a summit elevation of 2746 m above sea level.
Kutelo
Peak
Photo: Dido3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kutelo is a summit in the Pirin mountain range, southwestern Bulgaria. With a height of 2,908 m, it is the second highest peak in Pirin after Vihren, and the third one in Bulgaria, behind Musala in Rila and Vihren.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bansko.
Bansko
Photo: DocWoKav, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bansko is a mountain and ski resort in Southwest Bulgaria, under the slopes of the Pirin Mountains. It is the largest ski resort in the Balkans.
Pirin Mountains
- Category: landform
- Location: Bansko, Pirin Macedonia, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
41.766° or 41° 45′ 58″ northLongitude
23.4° or 23° 24′ eastOpen location code
8GH5QC82+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 4938022322OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_rangeWikidata ID
Q726158
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Pirin Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال بيرين”
- Armenian: “Պիրին”
- Azerbaijani: “Pirin”
- Basque: “Pirin”
- Belarusian: “Пірын”
- Bulgarian: “Пирин”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes Pirin”
- Chinese: “皮林山脈”
- Church Slavic: “Пирин”
- Church Slavic: “Пиринъ”
- Church Slavic: “Пири́нъ”
- Croatian: “Pirin”
- Czech: “Pirin”
- Danish: “Pirin”
- Dutch: “Pirin-gebergte”
- Dutch: “Pirin”
- Dutch: “Piringebergte”
- Esperanto: “montaro Pirin”
- Esperanto: “Pirin”
- French: “Massif du Pirin”
- French: “Pirin”
- Georgian: “პირინი”
- German: “Pirin-Gebirge”
- German: “Pirin”
- German: “Piringebirge”
- Greek: “όρη Πιρίν”
- Greek: “όρη Πυρήν”
- Greek: “Πιρίν”
- Greek: “Πυρήν”
- Greek: “Πυρίν”
- Hebrew: “הרי פירין”
- Hungarian: “Pirin-hegység”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Pirin”
- Italian: “Monti Pirin”
- Italian: “Pirin”
- Japanese: “ピリン地方”
- Japanese: “ピリン山脈”
- Korean: “피린산맥”
- Ladin: “Pirin”
- Latin: “Orbelus”
- Latin: “Pirin”
- Latvian: “Pirinas kalni”
- Latvian: “Pirins”
- Lithuanian: “Pirinas”
- Lithuanian: “Pirino kalnai”
- Macedonian: “Пирин”
- Malayalam: “പിരിൻ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pirin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pirin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Пирин”
- Norwegian: “Pirin”
- Persian: “پیرین”
- Polish: “Pirin”
- Polish: “Piryn”
- Romanian: “Munţii Pirin”
- Romanian: “Munții Pirin”
- Romanian: “Pirin”
- Russian: “Пирин”
- Serbian: “Pirin”
- Serbian: “Пирин”
- Slovak: “Pirin”
- Slovenian: “Pirin”
- Spanish: “Pirin”
- Swahili: “Pirin”
- Swedish: “Pirin”
- Swedish: “Pirinbergen”
- Turkish: “Pirin Dağı”
- Ukrainian: “Пирин”
- Ukrainian: “Пірін”
- Urdu: “پیرن سلسلہ کوہ”
- Venetian: “Pirin”
- Vietnamese: “Pirin”
- Western Armenian: “Բիրին (լեռնաշղթայ)”
- Western Armenian: “Բիրին”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Черната вода and Пещерата.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Snezhnika and Вихренската пещера.
Pirin Macedonia: Must-Visit Destinations
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