Vitosha
Vitosha is a mountain in West-Central Bulgaria, overlooking the capital Sofia. Most of the mountain's territory comprises Nature Park Vitosha, and its proximity to the city have made it a favorite recreation spot of both citizens and visitors of the capital, providing opportunities for winter sports, hiking, biking, and rock climbing.- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 2,290 metres
- Description: mountain massif in Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Vitosha Mountain” and “Витоша (горный массив)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cherni Vrah and Golyam Rezen.
Malak Rezen
Peak
Malak Rezen is a peak rising to 2,191 m in northeastern Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria.
Vitosha
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-Capital, Bulgarian Shopluk, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.56° or 42° 33′ 36″ north
Longitude
23.28° or 23° 16′ 48″ east
Elevation
2,290 metres (7,513 feet)
Open location code
8GJ5H76J+22
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Vitosha” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيتوشا”
- Armenian: “Վիտոշա”
- Basque: “Vitoxa”
- Bulgarian: “Витоша”
- Chinese: “維托沙山”
- Chinese: “維托莎”
- Church Slavic: “Витоша”
- Croatian: “Vitoša”
- Czech: “Vitoša”
- Danish: “Vitosha”
- Dutch: “Vitosha”
- Dutch: “Vitosja”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فيتوشا”
- French: “Vitocha”
- Georgian: “ვიტოშა”
- German: “Witoscha”
- Gothic: “𐍃𐌺𐍉𐌼𐌹𐌿𐍃”
- Greek: “Βίτοσα”
- Hebrew: “ויטושה”
- Hungarian: “Vitosa”
- Indonesian: “Vitosha”
- Italian: “Vitoša”
- Japanese: “ヴィトシャ山”
- Kazakh: “Витоша”
- Korean: “비토샤산”
- Ladin: “Vitosha”
- Latin: “Scomius”
- Latvian: “Vitoša”
- Lithuanian: “Vitoša”
- Macedonian: “Витоша”
- Northern Frisian: “Witoschaberger”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vitosja”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vitosja”
- Norwegian: “Vitosja”
- Persian: “ویتوشا”
- Polish: “Witosza”
- Portuguese: “Vitocha”
- Portuguese: “Vitosha”
- Romanian: “Vitoșa”
- Russian: “Витоша”
- Serbian: “Витоша”
- Slovak: “Vitoša”
- Slovenian: “Vitoša”
- Spanish: “Vitosha”
- Swahili: “Vitosha”
- Swedish: “Vitosja”
- Ukrainian: “Витоша”
- Upper Sorbian: “Witoša”
- Venetian: “Vitoša”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: м. Масловица and м. Три кладенци.
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