Pelister
Pelister is the name of the highest peak of Baba Mountain, with its 2601 meter altitude, is the third highest mountain peak in Macedonia. Often the name of the top Pelister had been used as a name for itself Baba Mountain and synonymous with the city of Bitola. Pelister is also declared as a national park in 1948, he has a total area of 12,500 hectares and geographic location of the park is 40 ° 57 'NGL and 21 ° 14' EGL.It covers the top Pelister and extends the slopes of Baba Mountain .The name- Pelister its origins from the antiquity, it was probably given by the ancient (antique) Macedonian tribes Pelagonci and Lynchestidis who lived directly below the mountain Baba in that part of the plane Pelagonija. Among the people there is a legend that the name Pelister comes from the words "five leaves". Neologism white rocks = + = belisteni Pelister is one of the possible variants of the origin of the name Pelister. It also has the opinion that the name "Pelister" was coined by white + white = Easter-Easter = Pelister. As an analogy it takes the name of the Istria peninsula and a number of other place names, etc. The meaning of "Easter" and today in the Macedonian language as millennia previously used - means something expel, raised.