Kajmakčalan
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Kajmakčalan (Kaimakchalan), Kaimaki, Kaimaktsalan or Voras ( or or , ), is a mountain on the border between Greece and North Macedonia. It is the southernmost and highest peak, , of a range known in Greek as the Voras Mountains and in Macedonian as Nidže. In terms of prominence, the Kaimaktsalan summit rises 1,758 metres above its surroundings. The frontier between the two countries runs across the summit. It is the third-highest peak in Greece after Mytikas and Smolikas and the fifth-highest in North Macedonia.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Kajmakčalan
- Mountain.other_name
- Voras
- Mountain.photo
- Serbian chapel on Kajmakčalan (2521m).jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- The Serbian-built St. Peter's Orthodox church on the peak of Kajmakčalan
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2521
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1758
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra
- Mountain.map
- Greece
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location in Greece (on border with North Macedonia)
- Mountain.map_size
- 260
- Mountain.label_position
- top
- Mountain.location
- Greece–North Macedonia border
- Mountain.range
- Voras Mountains
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- North Macedonia
- Located in
- Novaci Municipality
- Elevation
- 2528
- Material used
- granite
- Image
- Sv. Petar na Kajmakčalan.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 1758
- Commons category
- Kajmakčalan
- mountain range
- Voras Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
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Kajmakčalan (Kaimakchalan), Kaimaki, Kaimaktsalan or Voras ( or or , ), is a mountain on the border between Greece and North Macedonia. It is the southernmost and highest peak, , of a range known in Greek as the Voras Mountains and in Macedonian as Nidže. In terms of prominence, the Kaimaktsalan summit rises 1,758 metres above its surroundings. The frontier between the two countries runs across the summit. It is the third-highest peak in Greece after Mytikas and Smolikas and the fifth-highest in North Macedonia.
==Etymology== The word "Kajmakčalan" is of Ottoman Turkish origin and inspired by its white, snowy peak: '''' means 'kaymak-like'. "Kaymak" in Turkish refers to a dairy product similar to clotted cream.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kajmakčalan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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