Deno () is a peak in the eastern part of the
Rila Mountain in southwestern
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
. It is 2,790 m high and is the fifth highest summit in the mountain range behind
Musala
Musala ( ); from Arabic through Ottoman Turkish: from '' Musalla'', "near God" or "place for prayer" is the highest peak in the Rila Mountains, as well as in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at .
With a topographic prominence ...
(2,925 m),
Malka Musala
Malka Musala (, meaning ''Lesser Musala'') is a summit in the eastern part of the Rila Mountain in southwestern Bulgaria. With an altitude of 2,902 m, it is the second highest peak in Rila after Musala (2,925 m), fourth in Bulgaria beh ...
(2,902 m),
Irechek (2,852 m) and
Bezimennia Vrah (2,792 m).
It is built up of
gneiss
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and granite–gneiss. The northern slope is steep, while the southern one is oblique and covered in grass. A deep gully descends along the north-western slopes that holds perennial
firn
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.
To the west lies the valley of the
Musalenska Bistritsa, a tributary of Bulgaria's longest river, the
Iskar Iskar may refer to:
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* Iskar (river), a river in western Bulgaria
* Iskar Reservoir, situated on the Iskar River
* Iskar (town), a town in the Iskar Municipality of the Pleven Province
* Iskar Municipality
* Iskar, Sofia, one of 24 munici ...
and Musala refuge; to the north-east is the Saragyol Cirque that contains three glacial lakes.
Deno is located in the vicinity of the ski runs of
Borovets and the cabin lift to Yastrebots refuge, which make it easily accessible. In winter some of the tourist tracks are exposed to avalanches.
Citations
References
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* {{cite book , ref={{harvid, Great Encyclopedia Bulgaria, 2012
, title = Географски речник на България, том 5
, trans-title = Great Encyclopedia Bulgaria, Vol. 5
, last1 = Научноинформационен център „Българска енциклопедия“ (Scientific-Information Center "Bulgarian Encyclopedia")
, first1 =
, chapter =
, year = 2012
, language = Bulgarian
, publisher = Книгоиздателска къща „Труд“ (Trud Publishing House)
, location = София (Sofia)
, isbn = 9789548104272
Mountains of Rila
Landforms of Sofia Province
Two-thousanders of Bulgaria