Viskyar Mountain

Coordinates: 42°45′40″N 22°56′39″E / 42.76111°N 22.94417°E / 42.76111; 22.94417

Viskyar Mountain from Lyulin Mountain

Viskyar Mountain (Bulgarian: Вискяр) is a minor range of hills in western Bulgaria rising to 1077 m (Mechi Kamak Peak), and bounded by Lyulin Mountain to the southeast, Sofia Valley to the northeast, Zavalska Mountain to the northwest, and Graovo Valley to the southwest. It is separated from the Lyulin and Zavalska hills by Raduyska Saddle and Yaroslavska Saddle, respectively. The Saints Peter and Paul Monastery situated on the northern slopes of Viskyar is a popular tourist destination.

Honour

Viskyar Ridge on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Viskyar Mountain.

References

In Viskyar Mountain (in Bulgarian)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Viskyar Mountain.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/25/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.