| Musala | |
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 Musala seen from Yastrebets. The chalet Musala and the shelter Everest can be seen as well |
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| Elevation | 2,925 m (9,596 ft) |
| Location | Sofia Region, Bulgaria |
| Prominence | 2,473 m |
| Coordinates | |
| Easiest route | gondola lift from Borovets, then hike |
Musala (Bulgarian: Мусала) is the highest peak in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at 2,925 m (9,596 ft). In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to Sofia Province is a Province ( Oblast) of Bulgaria. It borders three sides of the city of Sofia (which is in a separate The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A climbing route is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a Mountain, rock or ice wall Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian The name probably derives from Mus Allah, "the mountain of Allah", being so named during the period when Bulgaria was part of the Ottoman Empire. Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for ' The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish During the years 1949–1962 the peak was named Stalin after Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party [1]
Musala is situated within the Rila National Park, which is noted for its rich flora, including species such as Macedonian Pine and Bulgarian Fir in the forests on its middle slopes, and fauna; it is one of the easiest places in Europe to see the wallcreeper. for the Tibetan village see Rila Tibet Rila (Рила) is a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria and the highest mountain range In Botany, flora ( Plural: floras or florae has two meanings The first meaning flora of an area or of time period, refers to all The tree species Pinus peuce is commonly called Macedonian Pine or Balkan Pine. Abies borisii-regis ( Bulgarian Fir) is a species of Fir native to the Mountains of the Balkan Peninsula, in Bulgaria Fauna is all of the Animal life of any particular region or time The Wallcreeper ( Tichodroma muraria) is a small Passerine Bird found throughout the high mountains of Eurasia. All major mountain ranges of Bulgaria can be seen from the top; these include Vitosha to the northwest, Sredna Gora towards the northeast, the Balkan Mountains along most of the northern horizon behind Vitosha and Sredna Gora, the Rhodope Mountains to the southeast, Pirin to the south, Osogovo and Ruy Mountain to the west, and of course Rila. Vitosha (Витоша is a Mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Sredna Gora (Средна гора is a mountain range in central Bulgaria, situated south of and parallel to Balkan mountain range (Stara Planina and extending The Balkan Mountain range ( Bulgarian and Стара планина Stara planina, "Old Mountain" The Rhodopes (Родопи Rodopi, usually used with a definite article Родопите Rodopite, sometimes also called Родопа Rodopa or Родопа The Pirin Mountains (Пирин are a Mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren (2914 m high the highest peak situated at Osogovo ( Bulgarian and Macedonian Cyrillic:) or Osogovska Planina (Осоговска планина or Осоговска Планина is Ruy or Ruj ( Bulgarian Cyrillic: Руй Serbian: Руј and Ruj is a mountain on the border of western Bulgaria and southeastern for the Tibetan village see Rila Tibet Rila (Рила) is a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria and the highest mountain range
With an average annual temperature of -3 °C Musala is the coldest place in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula. Temperatures stay below 0 °C for about 8 months each year. Due to this about 45 % of the annual precipitation on Musala is snow, and snow cover lasts for about 200 days (more than 6,5 months). Three of the main rivers of Bulgaria, the Iskar, Maritsa and Mesta have their sources near Musala. The Iskar (Искър Latin: Oescus) is with a length of 368 km, the longest river that runs solely in Bulgaria, and a tributary of the The Maritsa or Evros (Марица Εβρος Romanized as Hebrus, Meriç is with a length of 480 km the longest river that runs solely in the interior The Mesta (Места or Nestos (Νέστος is a river in Bulgaria and Greece.
The easiest climb is by a straightforward footpath from the ski resort of Borovets, 10 km to the north; there is also a Gondola lift from Borovets to the Yastrebets peak at 2,369 m altitude and several mountain chalets. Snow skiing is a group of sports utilizing Skis as primary equipment Borovets (Боровец known as Chamkoriya (Чамкория until the middle of the 20th century is a popular Bulgarian mountain resort situated in Sofia A gondola lift is a type of Aerial lift, often called a cable car, which consists of a loop of Steel cable that is strung between two stations CHALET is a mnemonic indicating a protocol used by Emergency services to report situations which they may be faced with especially as it relates to major incidents From Yastrebets it is a one hour hike to the Musala chalet (2,430 m), from which the ascent to the summit takes another 1,5 to 2 hours via the shelter Everest, the highest mountain hut in Bulgaria. A weather station functioned at the summit until it was devastated by a fire in 1984. The station was re-opened in 1999 as the Environmental Observatory "Musala" of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences where in addition to climate also air pollutants and space radiation are monitored.
The next highest peaks in the vicinity of Musala are Little Musala (2,902 m) and Irechek (2,852 m).
 Hikers near the summit of Musala. The pyramid in the background is the shelter Everest |
 The Pirin mountains can be seen from Musala |
 The origin of the Maritsa river seen from Musala |
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