Falakro Oros (
Greek
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: Φαλακρό όρος, translated in
English as: "Bald mountain"; , ''Bozdag'';
Turkish: ''Bozdağ'', translated in
English 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 2,232 meters above sea level.
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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 (, ''oblast Blagoevgrad'' or Благоевградска област, ''Blagoevgradska oblast''), also known as Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia (), (''Pirinska Makedoniya or Bulgarska Makedoniya'') is a province ('' ...
. The highest point that is part of Bulgaria is the forested peak Chiplakbair (1,090 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)
Mountain ranges 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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