Musala (; from
Arabic through
Ottoman Turkish:
Musalla, "near God" or "place for prayer" is the highest
peak in the entire
Balkan Peninsula, standing at 2,925 m (9,596 ft). The summit of the
Rila mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, Musala is the highest peak between the
Alps and the
Caucasus and the highest in Eastern Europe bar the Caucasus. With a prominence of 2473 m, Musala is the 7th most prominent mountain peak in Europe.