Falakro Oros (
Greek: Φαλακρό όρος, translated in
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as: "Bald mountain"; bg, Боздаг, ''Bozdag'';
Turkish: ''Bozdağ'', translated in
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as: "Gray mountain") is a
mountain
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in the
Drama regional unit, eastern
Greek Macedonia, northern
Greece
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. The elevation of its highest summit,
Profitis Ilias, is 2232 meters above the sea level.
[ There is a ]ski resort
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on the mountain.
А very small part of a low northern offshoot of Falakro extends into Bulgaria
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n territory, just south of the village of Beslen in Blagoevgrad Province
Blagoevgrad Province ( bg, област Благоевград, ''oblast Blagoevgrad'' or Благоевградска област, ''Blagoevgradska oblast''), also known as Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia ( bg, Пиринска Маке ...
. The highest point that is part of Bulgaria is the forested peak Chiplakbair (1090 metres high) on the border between the two countries.
Gallery
File:Studer IMG 2303.jpg, Agios Pavlos peak of Falakro
File:Falakro peak 6.jpg, Peak
File:Oros Falakro Drama Greece 20071225.JPG, View from the top of Falakro
File:Lifts in Ski Resort on Mountain Falakro.JPG, Lifts in ski resort on Mount Falakro near Drama. Apart the ski track, the lifts end at a cafe-bar which is at 2111m altitude
File:Λουλούδια του φαλακρού.jpg, Pulsatilla flower on Mount Falakro
References
External links
Greek Mountain FloraSnow Forecast - Falakro OrosFalakro terrain map
by Geopsis
Landforms of Drama (regional unit)
Mountains of Bulgaria
Two-thousanders of Greece
Landforms of Blagoevgrad Province
Mountains of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
International mountains of Europe
Ski areas and resorts in Greece
Rhodope mountain range
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