Trite Chuki / Tri Čuke
Трите чуки / Три Чуке
View from the trail coming from Kopilovtsi, Bulgaria
Highest point
Elevation1,935 m (6,348 ft)
Coordinates43°19′57″N 22°39′24″E / 43.3323873°N 22.6565825°E / 43.3323873; 22.6565825
Geography
Trite Chuki / Tri Čuke is located in Bulgaria
Trite Chuki / Tri Čuke
Trite Chuki / Tri Čuke
Location in Bulgaria
CountryBulgaria, Serbia
Parent rangeBalkan Mountains

Trite Chuki (Bulgarian: Трите чуки, "the three outcrops") or Tri Čuke (Serbian: Три Чуке) is a rocky summit in the western Balkan Mountains, on the border ridge between Bulgaria and Serbia. Trite Chuki is 1,935 m (6,348 ft) high and belongs to the Chiprovtsi Mountain, one of the highest parts of the Balkan Mountains.[1]

The summit's name references its three-headed shape composed by rocky outcrops. Trite Chuki's northeast slopes are very steep and almost vertical. The valleys of the Androvitsa and Grafska rivers originate east of Trite Chuki; the latter feeds the Lanzhin Skok, Voden Skok and Durshin Skok waterfalls. The large Chiprovtsi Waterfall originates to the north of the peak.[2]

The middle outcrop hosts the remains of a basic fortification, reportedly built by Angel Voyvoda and Panayot Hitov in August 1863.[3]

The most common trailheads for ascending Trite Chuki are Kopilovtsi and Chiprovtsi in Bulgaria[2] and Topli Do and Dojkinci in Serbia.

References

  1. Цветанов, Момчил (2014). Българските планини (in Bulgarian). Домино. p. 262. ISBN 9789546512499.
  2. 1 2 Цветанов, p. 275
  3. Момчев, Живко (2017). Връшка чука – Ком – пътеводител (in Bulgarian). Ойларипи. p. 45. ISBN 9786199041581.
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