List of mountains of the Balkans

Top 20 highest ultra prominent mountains in mainland Balkans

This is a list of the top 20 highest ultra prominent mountains in mainland Balkan Peninsula.

Radomir/Kalabak/Kerkini, Belasitsa, Bulgaria and Greece
No Mountain/Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Rila/Musala  Bulgaria 2,925 2,473 432
2 Olympus/Mytikas  Greece 2,917[1][2] 2,353[3] 564
3 Pirin/Vihren  Bulgaria 2,915[4] 1,784 1131
4 Korab Mountain/Mount Korab  Albania /  North Macedonia 2,764 2,169 595
5 Prokletije Mountains/Maja Jezercë  Albania 2,694 2,036 658
6 Pindus Mountains, Smolikas Mountain/Smolikas  Greece 2,637 1,736 901
7 Baba Mountain/Pelister  North Macedonia 2,601 1,516 1085
8 Jakupica Mountain/Solunska glava  North Macedonia 2,540 1,666 874
9 Nidže/Kajmakčalan  Greece /  North Macedonia 2,528 1,758 770
10 Pindus Mountains, Mount Giona/Pyramida  Greece 2,510 1,702 808
11 Nemërçkë Mountains/Maja e Papingut  Albania 2,482 1,792 690
12 Pindus Mountains, Mount Parnassus/Parnassus  Greece 2,457 1,590 867
13 Balkan Mountains, Kaloferska Mountain/Botev Peak  Bulgaria 2,376 1,567 809
14 Valamara Mountain/Maja e Valamarës  Albania 2,373 1,526 847
15 Mali i Gribës mountain/Maja e Këndrevicës  Albania 2,121 1,666 455
16 Ceraunian Mountains/Mali i Çikës  Albania 2,044 1,563 481
17 Belasitsa mountain/Radomir  Bulgaria /  Greece 2,031 1,595 436
18 Mount Athos mountain/Mount Athos  Greece 2,030 2,012 18
19 Mount Ossa mountain/Mount Ossa  Greece 1,978 1,854 124
20 Pangaion Hills/Koutra  Greece 1,956 1,773 183

Triglav peak (2,864 m, prominence 2,059 m) in the Slovenian Julian Alps is geographically part of the Balkan Peninsula, as it is east of river Soča, but it is not part of the Mountain System of the Balkan Peninsula, but part of the Mountain System of the Alps.

List of peaks and sub-peaks of the Balkans above 2800 m

No Mountain/Peak Country Elevation (m) Prominence (m) Col (m)
1 Rila/Musala  Bulgaria 2,925 2,473 432
2 Olympus/Mytikas or Pantheon  Greece 2,917[5][6] 2,353[7] 564
3 Pirin/Vihren  Bulgaria 2,915[8] 1,784 1131
4 Olympus/Olympus-Skolio  Greece 2,911[9] 81 2830[10]
5 Pirin/Kutelo I  Bulgaria 2,908[11] ~298 ~2610[12]
6 Pirin/Kutelo II  Bulgaria 2,907[13]
7 Rila/Malka Musala (Little Musala)  Bulgaria 2,902[14] ~62 ~2840[15]
7 Olympus/Stefani or Thronos Dios (Throne of Zeus)  Greece 2,902
9 Pirin/Banski Suhodol  Bulgaria 2,884
10 Rila/Irechek  Bulgaria 2,852
11 Pirin/Polezhan  Bulgaria 2,851
12 Pirin/Kamenitsa  Bulgaria 2,822
12 Pirin/Malak Polezhan  Bulgaria 2,822
14 Pirin/Bayuvi Dupki  Bulgaria 2,820
15 Olympus/Aghios Antonios  Greece 2,815
16 Pirin/Strazhite  Bulgaria 2,810
17 Olympus/Profitis Ilias  Greece 2,803
18 Olympus/Toumba  Greece 2,801

More extensive list of the highest mountains, in broader sense, in mainland Balkan Peninsula, corresponding highest peaks, and locations

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