Balkan Mountains
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Summary
Balkan Mountains is a mountain range[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of mountain range entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,435 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lovech[3]
- Country: Serbia[4], Bulgaria[5]
- Continent: Europe[6]
- Made from material: gneiss[7], limestone[8]
- Part of: Alpide belt[9]
- Commons category: Stara planina[10]
- Said to be the same as: Haemus Mons[11]
- Highest point: Botev Peak[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Balkan mountains[13]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[14], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[17], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Q111223470[20], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[21], The New Student's Reference Work[22], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Meyer’s Universum, Zehnter Band[24]
- Different from: Stara Planina[25]
- Length: 530 km[26]
- Elevation above sea level: 2376 m[27]
- Area: 11,596 km²[28]
- Geography of topic: Q12276220[29]
- Mountain range: Balcanides[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[31]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Stara planina[32]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Balkan Mountains include Balkans[33], a peninsula[34]; Order of Stara Planina[35], an order[36], in Bulgaria[37], founded in 1966[38]; Balkan Township[39], a township of Minnesota[40], in United States[41]; and Hemus Peak[42], a mountain[43].
Why It Matters
Balkan Mountains has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for it include Balkans[33], a peninsula[34]; Order of Stara Planina[35], an order[36], in Bulgaria[37], founded in 1966[38]; Balkan Township[39], a township of Minnesota[40], in United States[41]; and Hemus Peak[42], a mountain[43].