Banderishki Chukar () is a peak in the

Pirin The Pirin Mountains ( ) are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with the highest peak, Vihren, at an altitude of . The range extends about from the north-west to the south-east and is about wide, spanning a territory of . To the north ...

mountain range, south-western

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. It is located in the northern part of Pirin on the main mountain ridge. It is the highest

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peak on the main mountain ridge. It is the 12th highest summit in Pirin. Banderishki Chukar is situated at the bottom on the Banderitsa valley. It forms the southernmost point of this part of the main ridge, as it then stretches slightly in northern direction. Viewed from the north, the summit has an alpine look, but in fact most of its slope is a steep field of moraines, descending to Dalgoto Lake of the

Banderishki Lakes The Banderishki Lakes are a large group of lakes in the Pirin mountains in southwestern Bulgaria. They are situated in the Banderitsa valley and mark the beginning of the Banderitsa river. There are 17 lakes in all but only 5 have names. They are ...

group. To the south there is a short lateral ridge, on which is located the Bashliyski Chukar peak, . On the northern side of the summit there is a climbing tour of category II "b". Although there are no marked tourist tracks, Banderishki Chukar is easily accessible. The starting points for ascending the peak are

Demyanitsa The Demyanitsa () is a river in south-western Bulgaria, a right tributary of the Glazne, which flows into the Iztok (river), Iztok, itself a right tributary of the river Nestos (river), Mesta. The river is 13.6 km long and drains parts of th ...

and

Vihren Vihren ( ) is the highest peak of Bulgaria's Pirin Mountains. Reaching , it is Bulgaria's second and the Balkans' third highest, after Musala and Mount Olympus. Although Vihren is deprived of lakes and streams due to the karst topography, a numb ...

refuges.

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* * {{cite book , ref={{harvid, Dushkov, 1972 , title = Пирин. Туристически речник , trans-title = Pirin. Tourist Dictionary , last1 = Душков (Dushkov) , first1 = Добри (Dobri) , year = 1972 , language = Bulgarian , publisher = Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura) , location = София (

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) , isbn = Mountains of Pirin Landforms of Blagoevgrad Province Two-thousanders of Bulgaria