Tupižnica is a mountain in eastern Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

, between towns of Boljevac

Boljevac

Boljevac is a town and municipality located in the Zaječar District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 3,332, while population of the municipality is 12,865....

, Zaječar

Zajecar

Zaječar is a city and municipality in the eastern part of Serbia. According to the 2011 census the town has a population of 36,830, and its coordinates are 43.91° North, 22.30° East...

 and Knjaževac

Knjaževac

Knjaževac is a town and municipality situated in the eastern part of Serbia bordering the Republic of Bulgaria and is part of Timočka Krajina region. It is found between the latitudes of 43°20' and 43°45' north and between the longitudes 22°11' and 22°41' east. The town is situated between three...

. Its highest peaks, Bučanski kamen and Glogovački vrh have an altitude of 1160 metres each.

Tupižnica is prominent

Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop , or prime factor , categorizes the height of the mountain's or hill's summit by the elevation between it and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit...

, surrounded by valleys. It mostly consists of a large karst

KARST

Kilometer-square Area Radio Synthesis Telescope is a Chinese telescope project to which FAST is a forerunner. KARST is a set of large spherical reflectors on karst landforms, which are bowlshaped limestone sinkholes named after the Kras region in Slovenia and Northern Italy. It will consist of...

 plateau. It is remote and uninhabited, especially its vast forested northern parts, towards villages of Gornja Bela Reka and Lenovac

Lenovac

Lenovac is a village in the municipality of Zaječar, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 204 people....

 in Zaječar municipality. Even the traditional activities of nomadic sheep-breeding and hunting have died out in the last decades.

There is a communication tower at the ridge of the southern peak of Bučanski kamen, overlooking the village of Bučje

Bučje (Knjaževac)

Bučje is a village in the municipality of Knjaževac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 369 people....

.

Like nearby Rtanj

Rtanj

Rtanj is a village in the municipality of Boljevac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 182 people.-References:...

, Tupižnica is noted for its numerous Lilac

Lilac

Syringa is a genus of about 20–25 species of flowering woody plants in the olive family , native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and widely and commonly cultivated in temperate areas elsewhere....

trees.