Viskyar Mountain
mountain in Bulgaria
Viskyar (Bulgarian: Вискяр) is a mountain range in western Bulgaria with an altitude of 1,136 meters above sea level. It is part of the Srednogorie mountain system that from west to east includes the mountain ranges of Greben, Zavalska Planina, Viskyar, Lyulin, Vitosha, Plana and Sredna Gora. Viskyar Ridge on Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after it.
Geography
The mountain range is situated between the Burel Valley to the north, the Sofia Valley to the northeast, and the Breznik Valley to the south. To the southwest the Yaroslavska Saddle (964 m) links it with Zavalska Planina and to the southest the Raduy Saddle (830 m) links it with Lyulin. Its length in northwest–southeast direction is about 15 km; the width is 5–6 km at most. Viskyar is a low mountain range with a flat main ridge and short indented slopes. The highest summit is Chekanska Buka (1,136 m), situated in its northwesternmost part. Viskyar is built up of andesites, sandstones, tuffs and tuffites.
The main watershed divide of the Balkan Peninsula, separating the Black Sea drainage basin to the north and the Aegean Sea one to the south, runs along the mountain range.
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