- Golyam Rezen
Golyam Rezen ( _bg. Голям Резен / ‘Big Slice’) is a peak on Vitosha Mountain in
Bulgaria . Rising to 2,277 m, the peak is second to the mountain's summitCherni Vrah situated 900 m to the west. Golyam Rezen hosts an Air Traffic Services facility, as well as military communications installations. The precipitous east slopes of the peak are a popular rock climbing site, overlooking Bistritsa River Valley inBistrishko Branishte Biosphere Reserve .Golyam Rezen is part of the
water divide betweenBlack Sea andMediterranean Sea , with its northern and eastern slopes draining into Iskar River, and eventually into Danube River and Black Sea, and the southwestern slopes draining into Matnitsa River, flowing in turn into Struma River andAegean Sea .The peak is easily accessible from the adjacent
Malak Rezen Peak (2,191 m) situated 1.2 km to the north by east, and linked by chair lift to Aleko tourist centre. In winter, Golyam Rezen is also reached by a chair lift serving the Vitoshko Lale ski run descending from near the peak's summit down to Dervishka Bachiya site (1,500 m) in the valley ofYanchevska River , a tributary of Vitoshka Bistritsa River.Rezen Knoll onLivingston Island in theSouth Shetland Islands ,Antarctica is named for the peaks of Golyam Rezen andMalak Rezen .ee also
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Malak Rezen
*Bistrishko Branishte
*Vitosha References
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/153286/vitosa.html Summit Post: Vitosha]
* [http://www.park-vitosha.org/lang.php?lang=en Vitosha Nature Park] . Website.
* [http://en.zonebulgaria.com/mountains/vitosha/ Zone Bulgaria: Vitosha]
* [http://www.climbingguidebg.com/cdb.php?f=placeinfo&idPlace=23 Climbing Guide: Vitosha]
* [http://www.park-vitosha.org/main.php?act=map Vitosha Map] .
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