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{{Short description|Summit on the border between Serbia and Bulgaria}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Kopren
| other_name = Копрен
| photo = File:Kopren IMG 2162.jpg
| photo_caption = Kopren from the Bulgarian side
| elevation_m = 1965
| elevation_ref =
| range = [[Balkan Mountains]]
| country = [[Bulgaria]], [[Serbia]]
| map = Bulgaria
| map_caption = Location in Bulgaria
| map_size = 260
| coordinates = {{coord|43.3039137|N|22.779523|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Kopren''' ([[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] and [[Serbian language|Serbian Cyrillic]]: Копрен) is a summit in the western [[Balkan Mountains]], on the border ridge between Bulgaria and Serbia. Kopren is {{convert|1965|m|ft|abbr=on}} high and belongs to the [[Chiprovtsi]] Mountain, one of the highest parts of the Balkan Mountains.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Цветанов |first=Момчил |title=Българските планини |publisher=Домино |year=2014 |isbn=9789546512499 |pages=262 |language=Bulgarian}}</ref>
The western slopes of Kopren towards Serbia are a subalpine plateau. Towards Bulgaria, the eastern face of Kopren is steep and rocky as it descends to [[Kopilovtsi, Montana Province|Kopilovtsi]]. The stone ruins of an abandoned border post stand at {{convert|1840|m|ft|abbr=on}} below Kopren on the Bulgarian side. The summit boasts panoramic views of the entire Chiprovtsi Mountain and the [[Berkovitsa]] Mountain with [[Kom Peak]], as well as of [[Montana, Bulgaria|Montana]] and the [[Ogosta Reservoir]] in the lowlands.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Момчев |first=Живко |title=Връшка чука – Ком – пътеводител |publisher=Ойларипи |year=2017 |isbn=9786199041581 |pages=46-47 |language=Bulgarian}}</ref>
Both the Bulgarian and the Serbian foothills of Kopren abound in waterfalls. The [[Kopren Waterfall]] is one of the highest in Serbia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kopren waterfalls |url=https://www.filminserbia.com/location/kopren-waterfalls/?lang=sr |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=Film in Serbia |language=sr-RS}}</ref> On the Bulgarian side, the Kopren Waterfalls marked circuit trail offers access to numerous smaller waterfalls, including Durshin Skok, Grafski Skok and Vodni Skok; Lanzhin Skok is away from the trail, on one of the routes towards the summit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Бойкова |first=Беатрис |title=Водопадите в област Монтана |url=https://www.uni-vt.bg/res/11055/40._Beatris_Boykova.pdf}}</ref>
Several marked trails (all of them notably steep) lead from the trailhead at Kopren Hut ({{convert|950|m|ft|abbr=on}}) above Kopilovtsi towards Kopren.
==References==
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[[Category:Mountains of the Balkan mountains]]
[[Category:Bulgaria–Serbia border]]
[[Category:International mountains of Europe]]
[[Category:Landforms of Montana Province]]