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Balkan Peninsula

Range Type	Peninsula
Highest Point	Musala (2925 m/9596 ft)
Countries	Greece (25%), Bulgaria (21%), Serbia (11%), Croatia (10%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (10%), Albania (5%), North Macedonia (5%), Turkey (4%), Romania (3%), Montenegro (3%), Kosovo (2%), Slovenia (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	533,996 sq km / 206,176 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,303 km / 810 mi North-South 1,370 km / 851 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	41° 28' N; 21° 34' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Balkan Peninsula
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Balkan Peninsula.

Europe	Level 1 (Parent)
Scandinavia-European Arctic	Level 2 (Sibling)
Northwest Europe	Level 2 (Sibling)
Iberian Peninsula	Level 2 (Sibling)
Alps	Level 2 (Sibling)
Italian Peninsula and Islands	Level 2 (Sibling)
Eastern Europe Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
Balkan Peninsula	Level 2
Dinaric Alps	Level 3 (Child)
Greek-Albanian Ranges	Level 3 (Child)
Balkan Mountains	Level 3 (Child)
Macedonia-Thrace	Level 3 (Child)
Greek Islands	Level 3 (Child)
Ural Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Caucasus Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Balkan Peninsula

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Musala	2925	9596	Macedonia-Thrace
2.	Olympus	2918	9573	Greek-Albanian Ranges
3.	Vihren	2914	9560	Macedonia-Thrace
4.	Olympus-Stefani	2912	9554	Greek-Albanian Ranges
5.	Kutelo	2908	9541	Macedonia-Thrace
6.	Polezhan	2851	9354	Macedonia-Thrace
7.	Kamenitza	2822	9259	Macedonia-Thrace
8.	Olympus-Aghios Antonios	2817	9242	Greek-Albanian Ranges
9.	Korab	2764	9068	Greek-Albanian Ranges
10.	Titov vrh	2748	9016	Greek-Albanian Ranges
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Musala	2925	9596	Macedonia-Thrace
2.	Olympus	2918	9573	Greek-Albanian Ranges
3.	Maja e Jezercës	2694	8839	Dinaric Alps
4.	Mount Ida	2456	8058	Greek Islands
5.	Botev	2376	7795	Balkan Mountains

Photos of Peaks in the Balkan Peninsula

Musala 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.	Olympus The summit of Mytikas, the highest of the summits on Olympus, from nearby Skala (2013-07-08). Photo by Andrew Rankine. Click here for larger-size photo.
Olympus-Skolio Skolio, from the east (2017-09-13). Photo by Mark Trengove. Click here for larger-size photo.	Olympus-Skala Skala, from the north (2017-09-13). Photo by Mark Trengove. Click here for larger-size photo.
Olympus-Profitis Ilias Olympos - Profitis Ilias, from the south-west (2017-09-14). Photo by Mark Trengove. Click here for larger-size photo.	Olympus-Toumba Olympos - Toumba, from the east, at sunrise (2017-09-14). Photo by Mark Trengove. Click here for larger-size photo.
Korab Bet: If we reach the summit,there is a 360 panorama view at the top and no other people around. I will get naked. Said and done (2013-07-19). Photo by Louise Ekroth. Click here for larger-size photo.	Maja e Jezercës Maja Jezerce, Albania, 2694 (2015-08-31). Photo by Igor Ilyin. Click here for larger-size photo.
Velika Rudoka Highest point in Kosovo (2017-07-05). Photo by Lee Humphries. Click here for larger-size photo.	Ðeravica Tierd, but made it (2013-07-17). Photo by Louise Ekroth. Click here for larger-size photo.

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