Trite Chuki (, "the three outcrops") or Tri Čuke () is a rocky summit in the western

Balkan Mountains The Balkan mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It is conventionally taken to begin at the peak of Vrashka Chuka on the border between Bulgaria and Serbia. It then runs f ...

, on the border ridge between Bulgaria and Serbia. Trite Chuki is high and belongs to the

Chiprovtsi Chiprovtsi (, pronounced ) List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, is a small town in northwestern Bulgaria, administratively part of Montana Province. It lies on the shores of the river Ogosta in the western Balkan Mountains, very close to the Bulg ...

Mountain, one of the highest parts of the Balkan Mountains. The summit's name references its three-headed shape composed by rocky outcrops. Trite Chuki's northeast slopes are very steep and almost vertical. The valleys of the Androvitsa and Grafska rivers originate east of Trite Chuki; the latter feeds the Lanzhin Skok, Voden Skok and Durshin Skok waterfalls. The large Chiprovtsi Waterfall originates to the north of the peak.Цветанов, p. 275 The middle outcrop hosts the remains of a basic fortification, reportedly built by

Angel Voyvoda Angel Stoyanov Kariotov (; 1812 – ), also known as Angel Vojvoda (Ангел войвода), was one of the biggest voivods in Bulgarian history, who led the well-organized band in the regions of Plovdiv and Haskovo around 1832 and 1862. ...

and

Panayot Hitov Panayot Ivanov Hitov () (November 11, 1830 – February 22, 1918) was a Bulgarian ''haidoutin (hajduk)'', national revolutionary and voivoda. Born in 1830 in Sliven (known as İslimiye at the time), he became a haidoutin in Georgi Trankin's band ...

in August 1863. The most common trailheads for ascending Trite Chuki are Kopilovtsi and Chiprovtsi in Bulgaria and Topli Do and

Dojkinci Dojkinci is a village in the municipality of Pirot, Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map ...

in Serbia.

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{{reflist Mountains of the Balkan mountains Bulgaria–Serbia border International mountains of Europe Landforms of Montana Province