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]
| Trite Chuki / Tri Čuke | |
|---|---|
| Трите чуки / Три Чуке | |
 View from the trail coming from Kopilovtsi, Bulgaria | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,935 m (6,348 ft) |
| Coordinates | 43°19′57″N 22°39′24″E / 43.3323873°N 22.6565825°E |
| Geography | |
  Trite Chuki / Tri Čuke Location in Bulgaria | |
| Countries | Bulgaria, Serbia |
| Parent range | Balkan Mountains |
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
edit- ^ Цветанов, Момчил (2014). Българските планини (in Bulgarian). Домино. p. 262. ISBN 9789546512499.
- ^ a b Цветанов, p. 275
- ^ Момчев, Живко (2017). Връшка чука – Ком – пътеводител (in Bulgarian). Ойларипи. p. 45. ISBN 9786199041581.