Pirin National Park

World Heritage

Bulgaria

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The site is located in the Pirin Mountains in southwestern Bulgaria, at altitudes between 1008 and 2914 metres, and covers over 27,000 hectares, including a diverse limestone mountain landscape with glacial lakes, waterfalls, caves and predominantly coniferous forests. The site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1983. The extension currently covers an area of about 40,000 hectares in the Pirin Mountains, overlapping with the Pirin National Park, with the exception of two areas developed for tourism (skiing). The main part of the extension is high mountain areas with altitudes above 2000 metres, mostly covered by alpine meadows, rocky scree and peaks.

# Limestone Mountains

A winter view featuring the highest summit Vihren

A typical habitat in Pirin

Kamenitsa Summit from Tevnoto Lake

Pirin poppy (Papaver degenii) is one of the park's endemic species

Boreal owl

A typical landscape featuring lakes and marble peaks

Muratovo Lake and Todorka Summit

Dautov Vrah in summer

The park's most challenging hiking trail runs along the top of Koncheto ridge

A Bulgarian fir in Pirin

Sunset over the Tevno Vasilashko Lake, the largest and deepest of the Vasilashki Lakes

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Information extracted from Wikidata

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Commons category	Pirin National Park
inception	1963-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(23.5 41.666667)
official website	http://www.pirin-np.com/
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native label	Пирин
area	38350.04
area	274
object has role	Eliza Fraser
uses	4672049-2
country	Fur
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executive body	Pirin National Park

start time	1983-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	مرتع بيرين الوطني
official name	Pirin National Park
official name	Parque Nacional de Pirin
official name	Parc national de Pirin
official name	ピリン国立公園
official name	Nationaal park Pirin
official name	Национальный парк Пирин
official name	皮林国家公园
area	1078.28
applies to part	buffer zone