Damga, Mountain summit in Rila Mountains, Bulgaria

Damga is a 2,669 m summit in northwestern Rila, the main orographic node linking the Malyovitsa and Otovitsa ridges. It is a dome-shaped massif of metamorphic rock that dominates the western Urdina cirque and its Urdini Lakes, with steep rocky slopes above the cirque and gentle grassy slopes descending west to the Malko and Golyamo Pazardere meadows.

Two explanations exist for the name Damga. One links it to a boundary stone (damga) placed on the southern slope to mark the land limit of Rila Monastery. The other refers to the marking (damgosvane) of sheep in nearby Pazardere, where a livestock market was held and sold animals were branded.

The peak is also known as Vazov Peak and serves as an important geographical landmark where the main water divide of the Balkan Peninsula continues northward toward Haramiyata.

The winter trail from Maliovitsa refuge to Ivan Vazov refuge crosses the summit; the summer trail bypasses it and continues from Razdela to the Seven Lakes. The summer trail from Seven Lakes refuge to Rila Monastery crosses the southwestern slopes. In winter, large snow cornices form above the Urdina cirque. Ridge trails are marked in red.

Damga is built of metamorphic rock, and the main watershed of the Balkan Peninsula runs through the summit. North of the peak it continues over Haramiyata (2,465 m) along the ridge separating the Dzherman, in the Aegean basin, from the Cherni Iskar, in the Black Sea basin.