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List of mountains of the Balkans

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Top 20 highest ultra prominent mountains in mainland Balkans

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This is a list of the top 20 highest ultra prominent mountains in mainland Balkan Peninsula.

Musala Peak, Rila Mountain, Bulgaria
Maja e Jezercës, Accursed Mountains, Albania
the highest summit of Pirin
Vihren, Pirin Mountain, Bulgaria
Radomir/Kalabak/Kerkini, Belasitsa, Bulgaria and Greece
View of Botev Peak from I-6 road (Bulgaria)
No Mountain/Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Rila/Musala  Bulgaria 2,925 2,473 432
2 Olympus/Mytikas  Greece 2,917[1][2] 2,353[3] 564
3 Pirin/Vihren  Bulgaria 2,915[4] 1,784 1131
4 Korab Mountain/Mount Korab  Albania /  North Macedonia 2,764 2,169 595
5 Šar Mountain/Titov Vrv  North Macedonia 2,748 ? ?
6 Accursed Mountains Mountains/Maja Jezercë  Albania 2,694 2,036 658
7 Accursed Mountains ,

Mountains/Gjeravica Peak

 Kosovo 2656 901
8 Pindus Mountains, Smolikas Mountain/Smolikas  Greece 2,637 1,736 901
9 Jakupica Mountain/Solunska glava  North Macedonia 2,540 1,666 874
10 Nidže/Kajmakčalan  Greece /  North Macedonia 2,528 1,758 770
11 Pindus Mountains, Mount Giona/Pyramida  Greece 2,510 1,702 808
12 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 1,666 455
17 Treskvica/Mala Ćaba  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,086 1,862 723
18 Vermio Mountains/Hamitis  Greece 2,076 2,076 481
18 Belasitsa mountain/Radomir  Bulgaria /  Greece North Macedonia 2,031 1,595 436
19 Mount Athos mountain/Mount Athos  Greece 2,030 2,012 19
20 Mount Ossa mountain/Mount Ossa  Greece 1,978 1,854 124
21 Pangaion Hills/Koutra  Greece 1,956 1,773 183

Triglav peak (2,864 m, prominence 2,059 m) in the Slovenian Julian Alps is geographically part of the Balkan Peninsula, as it is east of river Soča, but it is not part of the Mountain System of the Balkan Peninsula, but part of the Mountain System of the Alps.

List of peaks and sub-peaks of the Balkans above 2800 m

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No Mountain/Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Rila/Musala  Bulgaria 2,925 2,473 432
2 Olympus/Mytikas or Pantheon  Greece 2,917[5][6] 2,353[7] 564
3 Pirin/Vihren  Bulgaria 2,915[8] 1,784 1131
4 Olympus/Olympus-Skolio  Greece 2,911[9] 81 2830[10]
5 Pirin/Kutelo I  Bulgaria 2,908[11] ~298 ~2610[12]
6 Pirin/Kutelo II  Bulgaria 2,907[13]
7 Rila/Malka Musala (Little Musala)  Bulgaria 2,902[14] ~62 ~2840[15]
8 Olympus/Stefani or Thronos Dios (Throne of Zeus)  Greece 2,902
9 Pirin/Banski Suhodol  Bulgaria 2,884
10 Olympus/Olympus-Skala  Greece 2866 40
11 Rila/Irechek  Bulgaria 2,852
12 Pirin/Polezhan  Bulgaria 2,851
13 Pirin/Kamenitsa  Bulgaria 2,822
14 Pirin/Malak Polezhan  Bulgaria 2,822
15 Pirin/Bayuvi Dupki  Bulgaria 2,820
16 Olympus/Aghios Antonios  Greece 2,815
17 Pirin/Strazhite  Bulgaria 2,810
18 Olympus/Profitis Ilias  Greece 2,803
19 Olympus/Toumba  Greece 2,801

More extensive list of the highest mountains, in broader sense, in mainland Balkan Peninsula, corresponding highest peaks, and locations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mount Olympus | mountain, Greece | Britannica".
  2. ^ "Olympus".
  3. ^ "Olympus - Peakbagger.com".
  4. ^ "Macedonia-Thrace - Peakbagger.com".
  5. ^ "Mount Olympus | mountain, Greece | Britannica".
  6. ^ "Olympus".
  7. ^ "Olympus - Peakbagger.com".
  8. ^ "Macedonia-Thrace - Peakbagger.com".
  9. ^ "Olympus-Skolio - Peakbagger.com".
  10. ^ "Macedonia-Thrace - Peakbagger.com".
  11. ^ "Kutelo - Peakbagger.com".
  12. ^ "Macedonia-Thrace - Peakbagger.com".
  13. ^ "Kutelo II - Peakbagger.com".
  14. ^ "Malka Musala".
  15. ^ "Peakbagger.com Large Map Page".
  16. ^ "Cherna Polyana - Peakbagger.com".
  17. ^ "Macedonia-Thrace - Peakbagger.com".
  18. ^ "Mali I Gjalices - Peakbagger.com".
  19. ^ "Vezhen - Peakbagger.com".
  20. ^ "Midžor - Peakbagger.com".
  21. ^ "Kom - Peakbagger.com".
  22. ^ "Golyama Syutkya - Peakbagger.com".
  23. ^ "Kadiytsa - Peakbagger.com".