Sinanitsa

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Sinanitsa (Bulgarian: [siˈnanit͡sɐ]) is a marble peak in the northern part of the Pirin Mountains of southwestern Bulgaria. 2,516 metres (8, 255 feet) high, Sinanitsa gives its name to the Sinanitsa Lateral Ridge, one of the four best pronounced lateral ridges in Pirin. Sinanitsa is also known as Chukata ([ˈt͡ʃukɐtɐ]), Varovita Chuka ([vɐroˈvitɐ ˈt͡ʃukɐ]) or The Split Peak (Raztsepenia vrah [rɐsˈt͡sɛpɛnijɐ ˈvrɤx]), the latter because of its unusual south face. Though it gives its name to the entire ridge due to its characteristic shape, the "enchantingly beautiful" Sinanitsa is in fact lower than the ridge's highest point, Gergiytsa, which measures 2,589 m (8, 494 ft) metres and lies to the northwest. Sinanitsa is commonly regarded as one of the most beautiful peaks in Pirin and Bulgaria. On clear days, the summit is easily visible from the town of Sandanski. The etymology of Sinanitsa's name is debated. It stems either from the Bulgarian word for "blue" (sin), due to the peak appearing in that colour from a distance, or from the Arabic word sinan. The latter would describe it as a "spearhead" peak, referencing its sharp contours. The Sinanishko Lake lies in the eponymous cirque to the north-northwest of Sinanitsa, at 2,181 m (7, 156 ft). The Sinanitsa River, a tributary of the Vlahinska River that subsequently flows int

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