Avramovo Saddle

Avramovo Saddle (Bulgarian: Аврамова седловина) is a mountain saddle (pass) in western Bulgaria forming the orographic boundary between the mountain ranges of Rila to the north and Rhodope to the south.

The pass is situated east of the Dreshtenets, a left tributary of the Cherna Mesta, a left constituent river of the Mesta.

The pass is covered with extensive meadows and coniferous forests of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Norway spruce (Picea abies).

[1] It is traversed by a section of the II-84 road Zvanichevo–Velingrad–Razlog,[3] as well as the Septemvri–Dobrinishte narrow-gauge line, connecting the Upper Thracian Plain and the Razlog Valley.

[1][2] At an altitude of 1,267 m, the Avramovo train station serving the nearby village of homonymous village is the highest train station in the Balkans.