# Kutelo

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{{Short description|Sunmit in Bulgaria}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Kutelo (Кутело)
| image = Konceto and Vichren.jpg
| image_caption = Kutelo (in the front) and Vihren (back) viewed from [Koncheto](/source/Koncheto).
| elevation = 2,908
| prominence = 
| location = [Blagoevgrad Province](/source/Blagoevgrad_Province), [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)
| range = [Pirin Mountains](/source/Pirin)
| coordinates = {{coord|41|46|36.7|N|23|24|00.1|E|type:mountain_region:BG}}
| topo = 
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = From Bunderitsa hut, via Premkata saddle
}}

'''Kutelo''' ({{Langx|bg|Кутело}} {{IPA|bg|ˈkutɛɫo|}}) is a summit in the [Pirin](/source/Pirin) mountain range, southwestern [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria). With a height of 2,908&nbsp;m, it is the second highest peak in Pirin after [Vihren](/source/Vihren) (2,914&nbsp;m), and the third one in Bulgaria, behind [Musala](/source/Musala) (2,925&nbsp;m) in [Rila](/source/Rila) and Vihren.<ref name="Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 275">{{harvnb|Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria|1980|p=275}}</ref><ref name="dushkov99">{{harvnb|Dushkov|1972|p=99}}</ref> Kutelo is a double peak with a small saddle between the two parts, the lower being only one meter shorter than the higher one, at 2,907&nbsp;m. Seen from the town of [Bansko](/source/Bansko), it appears higher than Vihren.<ref name="dushkov99"/>

Like Vihren, which towers to the south, Kutelo is built up of marble<ref name="dushkov99"/> but its slopes though sheer are not so rocky and it is not very difficult to climb. On the north-eastern slopes there are alpine climbing tracks of category II "b". The Premkata saddle is situated to the south and leads to Vihren<ref name="Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 275"/> while to the north is the narrow karst edge [Koncheto](/source/Koncheto) which links Kutelo to the summit of [Banski Suhodol](/source/Banski_Suhodol).<ref name="Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 275"/><ref name="dushkov99"/> There are no marked tracks to the summit of Kutelo, but on the slanting western slope among the rocks is nestled the track between the Vihren refuge and [Yavorov refuge](/source/Yavorov_refuge). This track also leads along Koncheto. In the homonymous waterless cirque to the north-east there are snow-drifts all the year.<ref name="dushkov99"/> To the south-east is the cirque [Golemiya Kazan](/source/Golemiya_Kazan) with Europe's southernmost [glacier](/source/glacier), [Snezhnika](/source/Snezhnika).<ref>{{harvnb|Grunewald|2010|p=129}}</ref> Pirin's second glacierlet, [Banski Suhodol Glacier](/source/Banski_Suhodol_Glacier), is situated below the northern face of Kutelo.

Kutelo is home to [chamois](/source/chamois) and on its slopes grow edelweiss (''[Leontopodium nivale](/source/Leontopodium_nivale)'') and a number of other rare herbaceous plants.<ref name="Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria 275"/>

== Citations ==
{{Reflist}}

== References ==
{{Commons category|Kutelo}}
* {{cite book | ref={{harvid|Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria|1980}}
 | title = Географски речник на България
 | trans-title = Geographic Dictionary of Bulgaria
 | last1 = Мичев (Michev)
 | first1 = Николай (Nikolay)
 | last2 = Михайлов (Mihaylov)
 | first2 = Цветко (Tsvetko)
 | last3 = Вапцаров (Vaptsarov)
 | first3 = Иван (Ivan)
 | last4 = Кираджиев (Kiradzhiev)
 | first4 = Светлин (Svetlin)
 | chapter =
 | year = 1980
 | language = Bulgarian
 | publisher = Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura)
 | location = София (Sofia)
 | isbn = 
 }}
* {{cite book | ref={{harvid|Dushkov|1972}}
 | title = Пирин. Туристически речник
 | trans-title = Pirin. Tourist Dictionary
 | last1 = Душков (Dushkov)
 | first1 = Добри (Dobri)
 | year = 1972
 | language = Bulgarian
 | publisher = Наука и култура (Nauka i kultura)
 | location = София ([Sofia](/source/Sofia))
 | isbn = 
 }}
* {{cite journal
 | ref={{harvid|Grunewald|2010}}
 | last=Grunewald
 | first=Karsten
 | author2=Jörg Scheithauer
 | date=2010
 | title=Europe’s southernmost glaciers: response and adaptation to climate change
 | journal=Journal of Glaciology
 | publisher=[International Glaciological Society](/source/International_Glaciological_Society)
 | volume=56
 | pages=129–142
 | issn=0022-1430
 | url=http://www.igsoc.org:8080/journal/56/195/j09j048.pdf
 | accessdate=6 March 2015
 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112432/http://www.igsoc.org:8080/journal/56/195/j09j048.pdf
 | archive-date=2 April 2015
 | url-status=dead
 }}

Category:Mountains of Pirin
Category:Landforms of Blagoevgrad Province
Category:Two-thousanders of Bulgaria

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