Skoparnik ( bg, Скопарник ) is the third highest peak of
Vitosha Mountain
Vitosha ( bg, Витоша ), the ancient ''Scomius'' or ''Scombrus'', is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Vitosha is one of the symbols of Sofia and the closest site for hiking, alpinism and skiing. Conveni ...
in
Bulgaria
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. Rising to 2,226 m, the peak is situated 1.5 km south of
Golyam Rezen Peak (2,277 m), and 2 km southeast of the summit
Cherni Vrah
Cherni Vrah ( bg, Черни връх , "Black Peak") is the summit of Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria. Rising to 2290 m, the peak is the fourth highest mountain summit in the country after Musala (2925 m, Rila Mountain), Vihren (2914&nbs ...
(2,290 m). The peak is bounded by the
Bistrishko Branishte
Bistrishko Branishte ( bg, Бистришко бранище) is a nature reserve in the Vitosha Nature Park on Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria.
It was established in 1934, together with Vitosha Nature Park. Since 1977 it has been a biosphere ...
Biosphere Reserve
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to the east, and a prohibited drinking water
catchment area
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to the west, and is part of the divide between the
Black Sea
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and the
Mediterranean
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, with the
Vitoshka Bistritsa
Bistritsa or Vitoshka Bistritsa ( bg, Бистрица; Витошка Бистрица; Бистришка река), is a river in western Bulgaria, tributary of Iskar River.
It flows from the eastern slopes of Golyam Rezen Peak on Vitosha Mou ...
draining its eastern slopes to flow into the
Iskar River
The Iskar ( bg, Искър, ; la, Oescus) is a right tributary of the Danube. With a length of 368 km it is the longest river that runs entirely within Bulgaria.[Danube River
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, and the
Struma River
The Struma or Strymónas ( bg, Струма ; el, Στρυμόνας ; tr, (Struma) Karasu , 'black water') is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. Its ancient name was Strymṓn (Greek: Στρυμών ). Its drainage area is , of which in Bulgaria, ...
draining the western slopes to flow into the
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans an ...
.
The peak is accessible by tracks coming from
Golyam Rezen Peak in the north; from
Aleko Centre or
Bistritsa via the upper Bistrishko Branishte; from
Zheleznitsa Village in the east; and from
Chuypetlovo
Chuypetlovo ( bg, Чуйпетлово, "Hear the rooster") is a village in the Pernik municipality of Pernik Province, western Bulgaria. Its population is 57 as of January 2007.
Chuypetlovo is the only settlement in the interior of Vitosha ...
and
Yarlovo Villages in the southwest and south.
Skoparnik Bluff on
Trinity Peninsula
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in
Antarctica
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is named after the peak.
SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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See also
* Golyam Rezen
* Bistrishko Branishte
Bistrishko Branishte ( bg, Бистришко бранище) is a nature reserve in the Vitosha Nature Park on Vitosha Mountain in Bulgaria.
It was established in 1934, together with Vitosha Nature Park. Since 1977 it has been a biosphere ...
* Vitosha
Vitosha ( bg, Витоша ), the ancient ''Scomius'' or ''Scombrus'', is a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Vitosha is one of the symbols of Sofia and the closest site for hiking, alpinism and skiing. Conve ...
Notes
References
Summit Post: Vitosha
Vitosha Nature Park
Website.
Zone Bulgaria: Vitosha
Vitosha Map
Vitosha
Landforms of Sofia City Province
Mountains of Bulgaria
Two-thousanders of Bulgaria
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