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.
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