Kaymakchal (), also known as Izvorets (''Изворец'') 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 Polezhan secondary ridge. It is 2,753 m high and is built up of

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. Four cirques meet up at Kaymakchal - the Gazey cirque to the south, the Yulen cirque to the north-west, the Perlesh cirque to the north-east and the Desilish cirque to the east. To the south-east of Kaimakchal is situated the rocky Ushitsite ridge. A long saddle connects the summit to the first needle from the Ushitsite - the Golyamata Strazha. To the north of Kaymakchal is one of the last peaks on the Polezhan secondary ridge,

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(2,438 m). A short ridge stretches in north-western direction, forming the right bank of the Demyanitsa river, and enclosing the Yulen cirque from the west. To the north-east of Kaimakchal is the stony ridge of Disilitsa, which ends with the eponymous peak and forms the southern and south-eastern slopes of the Perlesh cirque. Kaimakchal is an easily accessible peak. The summit and its surroundings are located within the protected area of the Yulen Reserve in

Pirin National Park Pirin National Park (), originally named Vihren National Park, covering the larger part of the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, spanning an area of . It is one of the three national parks in the country, the others being Rila National ...

. There are no marked paths in the area and access to the top is desirable to be done with permission from the Park Guard. From the summit there are view to the

Razlog Valley The Razlog Valley () is a valley in southwestern Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad Province, containing the Razlog, Bansko, and Belitsa municipalities. It is bounded by the Rila Mountains to the north and northwest, the Pirin Mountains to the south and south ...

, the

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and

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mountain ranges, and the summits of

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 ...

and

Kutelo Kutelo ( ) is a summit in the Pirin mountain range, southwestern Bulgaria. With a height of 2,908 m it is the second highest peak in Pirin after Vihren (2,914 m), and the third one in Bulgaria, behind Musala (2,925 m) in Rila and V ...

in Pirin.

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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