41°46′16″N 23°24′17″E / 41.77111°N 23.40472°E
Golemiya Kazan ( Bulgarian: Големия казан) is one of the two cirques that form an area called Kazanite (the Cauldrons), situated in Bulgaria's Pirin mountain range. [1] Kazanite are located below the two highest summits Vihren (2,914 m) to the south and Kutelo (2,908 m) to the north. [2] It is composed of two cirques, Malkiya Kazan (The Small Cauldron), which is the lower one (2,200 m) and is grassy, and Golemiya Kazan (The Big Cauldron), situated at 2,400 m and with stony slopes. [2] The size of Golemiya Kazan is 1,200 m by 1,100 m. [1] They were named like that because there is often fog rising from the cirques. [2] Due to the karst in the region there are no lakes or streams in Kazanite. [1] [2] A 450 m-high face of Vihren begins from Golemiya Kazan and at its foot a small glacier called Snezhnika is located, [1] whose size is 80x90 m in summer, [2] with a latitude of 41°46′09″ N it is the southernmost glacial mass in Europe. [3] Chamois are abundant in this area.