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The Central Balkan Mountains run from Arabakonak to the Vratnik Pass, with a length of 207 kilometres (129 mi). Botev Peak, the highest mountain in the Balkan range at 2,376 metres (7,795 ft), is located in this section. The Eastern Balkan Mountains extend from the Vratnik Pass to Cape Emine, with a length of 160 kilometres (99 mi). The highest ...
Nemërçkë Mountains/Maja e Papingut Albania: 2,482 1,792: 690 13 Pindus Mountains, Mount Parnassus/Parnassus Greece: 2,457 1,590: 867 14 Balkan Mountains, Kaloferska Mountain/Botev Peak Bulgaria: 2,376 1,567: 809 15 Valamara Mountain/Maja e Valamarës Albania: 2,373 1,526: 847 16 Mali i Gribës mountain/Maja e Këndrevicës Albania: 2,121 ...
Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown, pink, and gray. This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies.First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent.
The word was used by the Ottomans in Rumelia in its general meaning of mountain, as in Kod̲j̲a-Balkan, Čatal-Balkan, and Ungurus-Balkani̊, but it was especially applied to the Haemus mountain. [21] [22] The name is still preserved in Central Asia with the Balkan Daglary (Balkan Mountains) [23] and the Balkan Region of Turkmenistan.
Balkhan Ranges or Balkan Ranges, also Balkhans, Balkans (Turkmen: Balkan daglary, Balkan Mountains) are mountains by the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea in the Balkan Region of Turkmenistan. They consist of the Greater Balkan, or Uly Balkan and the Lesser Balkan Kiçi Balkan . They are separated by Uzboy, a dried-out distributary of the Amu ...
The Uly Balkan (Turkmen: Uly Balkan dagy, Greater Balkan Mountains), also the Great Balkhan or Greater Balkhan is a mountain range in Turkmenistan, part of the Balkhan Ranges. [1] The highest summit is Mount Arlan at 1,880 metres (6,170 ft). Part of the Balkan range in the background.
Pages in category "Mountains of the Balkan mountains" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Bulgaria's highest mountains are Rila (highest peak Musala, 2925 m; the highest in the Balkans) and Pirin (highest peak Vihren, 2914 m). The large mountain chain of Stara planina (Balkan Mountains) runs west–east across the entire country, bisecting it and giving the name to the entire Balkan peninsula.