Golyam Perelik

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The Great Perelik ( Bulgarian Голям Перелик [ ɡoʎjɐm Perelik ] ) is the highest mountain in the Rhodope Mountains. It is located in Bulgaria, 19 km west of Smolyan.

With this mountain Rhodopes are at seventh place in Bulgaria, by:

  • Rila with the Musala
  • Pirin with the Vihren,
  • Balkan mountains with Botev peak which,
  • Vitosha with Cherni Wrach,
  • Osowskagebirge with the Ruen and
  • Slavyanka with the Gozew.

The Great Perelik is easy to climb, but at present (August 2008) may not be entered, as there is a unit of the Bulgarian armed forces stationed to the summit. The foot of the mountain can be reached in 40 Wegminuten from the refuge Perelik.

  • Mountain in Europe
  • Mountain in Bulgaria
  • Zweitausender
  • Oblast Smolyan
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