Greben (mountain)

Greben
Greben

Location in Serbia, on the border with Bulgaria

Elevation 1,338 m (4,390 ft)[1]
Location
Location Serbia / Bulgaria
Coordinates 42°56′54″N 22°38′29″E / 42.94833°N 22.64139°ECoordinates: 42°56′54″N 22°38′29″E / 42.94833°N 22.64139°E

Greben[1][2] (Cyrillic: Гребен, meaning "ridge") is a mountain in southeastern Serbia, near the town of Dimitrovgrad and the Bulgarian border, with a small section of the southwestern ridge in Bulgaria. Its highest peak Beženište (or Dziglina livada) stands at an elevation of 1,338 meters above sea level.

The mountain is named after a large karst ridge that runs along its spine. It runs from the village of Poganovo in Serbia, and extends southeast towards the Bulgarian village of Vrabcha. Prior to the Treaty of Neuilly of 1919, after the First World War, the area was part of Bulgaria. Greben Hill in the Antarctica was named after the mountain by the Bulgarian Antarctic Place-names Commission.[3]

With nearby Vlaška planina, Greben forms the attractive canyon (Poganovsko ždrelo) of the Jerma (Erma) river.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jovan Đokić. "Katalog planina Srbije". PSD Kopaonik Beograd.
  2. ↑ "Kanjon Jerme – I dan, Greben planina". PEK "Gora" Kragujevac. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  3. ↑ Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria
  4. ↑ Strategija zajedničkog razvoja graničnih opština u oblasti Sofije i okruga Pirot, 2005 Susedski program Bugarska – Srbija, Joint Small Project Fund, p. 17

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