# Rish Pass

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{{Short description|Mountain pass in Bulgaria}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Rish Pass
| photo = Rishki pass.jpg
| photo_caption = 
| elevation_m = 400
| elevation_ref = 
| traversed = Road
| location = [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria)
| range = [Balkan Mountains](/source/Balkan_Mountains)
| coordinates = {{coord|42|56|14|N|26|56|22|E|type:pass_region:BG}}
| topo = 
}}

'''Rish Pass''' ({{langx|bg|Ришки проход}}, Rishki Prohod) is a [mountain pass](/source/mountain_pass) in the [Balkan Mountains](/source/Balkan_Mountains) (Stara Planina) in [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria). It connects [Shumen](/source/Shumen) and [Karnobat](/source/Karnobat).  On the Shumen side of the pass is the village of [Rish](/source/Rish).

The [Battle of the Rishki Pass](/source/Battle_of_the_Rishki_Pass) was fought here in 759 between [Bulgarians](/source/Bulgarians) and [Byzantines](/source/Byzantine_Empire) which resulted in a Bulgarian victory.

{{Commons category|Rishki pass}}

Category:Mountain passes of Bulgaria
Category:Balkan mountains
Category:Landforms of Shumen Province
Category:Landforms of Burgas Province

{{Bulgaria-geo-stub}}

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