Polezhan
Sign in to savePolezhan ( , known pre-1942 as Mangar Tepe ( ) is a 2,851 m cone shaped high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is the highest granite summit in Pirin and the fourth highest in the mountain range after the marble peaks Vihren (2,914 m), Kutelo (2,908 m) and Banski Suhodol (2,884 m).
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- summit
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Located in
- Blagoevgrad
- Elevation
- 2851
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- Poležan, Pirin (6).jpg
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Polezhan ( , known pre-1942 as Mangar Tepe ( ) is a 2,851 m cone shaped high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is the highest granite summit in Pirin and the fourth highest in the mountain range after the marble peaks Vihren (2,914 m), Kutelo (2,908 m) and Banski Suhodol (2,884 m).
It is situated on the Polezhan side ridge which also includes the summits of Malak Polezhan (2,822 m), Gazey (2,761 m), Bezbog (2,645 m), Kaymakchal (2,763 m) and Disilitsa (2,700 m), as well as the imposing edge of Strazhite.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polezhan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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