List of mountains in Kosovo
The mountains of Kosovo belong to Dinarides range. The plain of Kosovo is on average 550 m (1,804 ft) above the sea level and the plain of Dukagjini (Metohija) is on average 450 m (1,476 ft) high. The Dinaric Alps in the east and the Šar Mountains in the south are home to the highest peaks in Kosovo rising well over 2,000 m (6,562 ft). The only mountain in the north higher than 2,000 m (6,562 ft) is Kopaonik which rises to 2,017 m (6,617 ft).
The mountains make some unusual landscapes like the Rugova Canyon and the Kaçanik Gorge. There are alpine and glacier lakes located in most of the mountains.
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List of highest peaks in Kosovo[]
List of mountain peaks in Kosovo with over 2,000 m (6,562 ft) in height
Peak | Mountain | Height (m) |
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Rudoka - 'Rudoka e Madhe' - south peak of double-summit | Sharr Mountains | 2661[1] |
Rudoka - north peak of double summit | Sharr Mountains | 2658[2] |
Đeravica / Gjeravicë | Accursed Mountains | 2656 |
Bistra – east summit | Šar Mountains | 2651 |
Bistra – west summit | Šar Mountains | 2644 |
Rudoka - 'Rudoka e Vogël' - unnamed summit on ridge | Šar Mountains | 2629 |
Rudoka - unnamed summit on ridge | Šar Mountains | 2629 |
Rudoka - unnamed summit on ridge | Šar Mountains | 2618 |
Džini Beg | Šar Mountains | 2610 |
Lake Peak / Jezerski / Maja e Liqenit | Šar Mountains | 2604 |
Trpeznica / Trpeznica / Tërepeznicë | Šar Mountains | 2590 |
Maja e Zezë | Šar Mountains | 2585 |
Big Vraca / Vracë e Madhe | Šar Mountains | 2583 |
Unnamed peak north-west of Gjeravica | Accursed Mountains | 2570 |
Vrtop / Vërtop | Šar Mountains | 2555 |
Gusan | Accursed Mountains | 2539 |
Black Peak / Crni Kamen / Maja e Gurit | Šar Mountains | 2536 |
Marijash | Accursed Mountains | 2533 |
Kobilica / Kobilicë | Šar Mountains | 2528 |
Piribeg | Šar Mountains | 2524 |
Guri i Kuq | Accursed Mountains | 2522 |
Maja e Ropës | Bogićevica | 2501 |
Ljuboten | Šar Mountains | 2498 |
Maja Livadh | Šar Mountains | 2497 |
Zallina | Šar Mountains | 2493 |
Small Vraca | Šar Mountains | 2483 |
Kopranik | Accursed Mountains | 2460 |
Veternik Mountain | Accursed Mountains | 2410 |
Kara Nikolla | Šar Mountains | 2409 |
Hajla / Hajlë | Accursed Mountains, Hajla | 2403 |
Maja e Pikëllimës | Koritnik | 2393 |
Mali i Zhlebit | Accursed Mountains, Žljeb | 2381 |
Streoc / Strellc | Accursed Mountains | 2377 |
Tromeđa / Trekufir * | Accursed Mountains | 2366 |
Mali i Zhlebit / Žljeb | Accursed Mountains, Žljeb | 2365 |
Tumba | Šar Mountains | 2346 |
Leqinat / Lićenat | Accursed Mountains | 2341 |
Rrаsa e Zogut | Junik Mountains | 2305 |
Mramor | Šar Mountains | 2298 |
Hajla e Vëranocit | Accursed Mountains, Hajla | 2281 |
Ćule | Šar Mountains | 2220 |
Bivoll / Bivoli | Ošljak | 2212 |
Kačina glava / Kaçina Glava | Šar Mountains | 2207 |
Dečani / Mala i Deçanit | Accursed Mountains | 2200 |
Gemitash / Gemitaš | Šar Mountains | 2183 |
Ovčinec / Ovshinec | Šar Mountains | 2177 |
Kallabak | Šar Mountains | 2174 |
Pogled** | Accursed Mountains, Mokna | 2155 |
Dramadol | Accursed Mountains, Hajla | 2120 |
Crnkamenska Kula / Kulla e Gurit të Zi | Šar Mountains | 2117 |
Beleg | Accursed Mountains, Mokna | 2102 |
Pashallore / Pašalor | Jezerski | 2092 |
Maja Ksulje e Priftit / Šerupa*** | Šar Mountains | 2092 |
Crn Kamen / Guri i Zi | Šar Mountains | 2051 |
Kruševačka Planina / Mali Krushvaçës | Šar Mountains | 2048 |
Murga (peak) / Murgë | Šar Mountains | 2025 |
Maja e Vjelakut / Volujak | Paklen (Peja) | 2014 |
Hajla e Shkrelit | Accursed Mountains, Hajla | 2011 |
Lisičji Kamen / Guri i Lisiçjit | Šar Mountains | 2010 |
/ Plitkoviq | near Lipjan | 2000 |
Oshtro Koplje | Kopaonik | 1789 |
- The peak marked with an asterisk is the tripoint of Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro.
- The peak marked with two asterisks is on the border of Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia.
- The peak marked with three asterisks is the tripoint of Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia.
List of coordinates of some significant mountain peaks[]
The list contains coordinates of some significant peaks alphabetically ordered by mountain and then peak name
Border Peaks[]
Here are some of the less significant peaks, but that define the border of Kosovo and are thus interesting.
North East on the border to Serbia :
- Babina Stena 43°12′37″N 20°36′04″E / 43.210278°N 20.601111°E
- Lipovicë 43°12′14″N 20°37′13″E / 43.203889°N 20.620278°E
- Grab (peak) 43°10′28″N 20°36′41″E / 43.174444°N 20.611389°E
- 43°12′33″N 20°39′17″E / 43.209167°N 20.654722°E
- / 43°12′16″N 20°40′23″E / 43.204444°N 20.673056°E
- 43°14′44″N 20°44′43″E / 43.245556°N 20.745278°E
- 43°14′48″N 20°48′00″E / 43.246667°N 20.8°E
- 43°16′00″N 20°49′00″E / 43.266667°N 20.816667°E next to Pančićev vrh
Following the Tip on the left side :
- / 43°15′06″N 20°51′02″E / 43.251667°N 20.850556°E
- 43°13′27″N 20°52′36″E / 43.224167°N 20.876667°E
- 43°12′27″N 20°52′22″E / 43.2075°N 20.872778°E
- 43°12′15″N 20°50′13″E / 43.204167°N 20.836944°E
- 43°11′08″N 20°50′40″E / 43.185556°N 20.844444°E
References[]
- ^ Great Rudoka (Maja e Njeriut), 2658m, www.summitpost.org
- ^ "gis.katastar.gov.mk".
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- Mountains list in Serbian. (Adopted with author's permission. Used for coordinates only.)
- Greater Geographical Atlas of Yugoslavia, University Press "Liber", Zagreb, 1987.
- USAID/BHR/OFDA "Humanitarian Response Planning Map: Kosovo 1998", Scale 1:225.000, 18 November 1998, 2nd edition
See also[]
- Geography of Kosovo
- List of lakes in Kosovo
- Mountains of Kosovo
- Lists of landforms of Kosovo