Musala, Bulgaria

Local or Alternate Name(s)	Bulgarian: Мусала
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	42° 10' 47'' N, 23° 35' 7'' E 42.179705, 23.585253 (Dec Deg) 713508 E 4672964 N, Zone 34 (UTM)
Country	Bulgaria (Highest Point)
State/Province	Sofia (Highest Point)
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 145      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 134) Selected Trip Reports:      2006-09-06 by Scott Cockrell      2008-07-22 by Rob Woodall      2009-07-03 by Damo Buch      2009-08-06 by Matthias Fieles      2010-07 by Tom Milliard      2010-09-27 by Andrej Gerber      2011-06-13 by Andrew Rankine      2012-09-13 by Lyngve Skrede      2014-05-13 by Lee Humphries      2014-08-24 by Donnie Puckle      2014-10-21 by Eric Gilbertson      2015-07-24 by Andrew Rankine (GPS Track)      2016-01-17 by Lev Babiev (GPS Track)      2017-08-11 by Norbert Schaefer      2017-08-11 by Julian Westcott      2018-06-10 by Robert Garneau      2018-06-13 by Brian Friedrich      2022-06-25 by Andrew Rankine      2022-07-17 by Mary Ruth Hambrick      2023-01-10 by Bill Hughes
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The meteorological station on the summit of Musala, the highest peak in Bulgaria and the Balkans (2011-06-13). Photo by Andrew Rankine. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2473 m/8113 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 2473 m/8113 ft   Key Col: 452 m/1483 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 810.05 km/503.34 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 36.5467, 29.5675 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Uyluk Tepe  (SE)
Ranges	Continent: Europe Range2: Balkan Peninsula (Highest Point) Range3: Macedonia-Thrace (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Danube Black Sea Bosporus Sea of Marmara Dardanelles Aegean Sea Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean
Data Source	Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data
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Other Photos

Balkans highest peak is bagged (2013-07-21). Photo by Louise Ekroth. Click here for larger-size photo.

Summit of Musala 2925m (2014-05-13). Photo by Lee Humphries. Click here for larger-size photo.

Musala summit observatory in January (2016-01-17). Photo by Lev Babiev. Click here for larger-size photo.

At the top of Bulgaria (2017-08-11). Photo by Norbert Schaefer. Click here for larger-size photo.

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