Maja Harapit

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Maja Harapit
Maja Arapit.jpg
Massive south wall of Maja Harapit
Highest point
Elevation2,218 m (7,277 ft)
Coordinates42°26′30″N 19°48′45″E / 42.44167°N 19.81250°E / 42.44167; 19.81250Coordinates: 42°26′30″N 19°48′45″E / 42.44167°N 19.81250°E / 42.44167; 19.81250
Naming
Language of nameAlbanian
Geography
LocationAlbania
Parent rangeAccursed Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeLimestone

Maja Harapit (Albanian: Maja e Harapit, or Maja e Arapit) is a mountain in the Accursed Mountains range in the north of Albania. The mountain is 2,217 metres (7,274 ft) high, with an 800 metres (2,600 ft) high south wall[1] the northwestern edge of a large basin, where it dominates as a prominent rock formation, the conclusion of the Shala Valley and is one of the landmarks of Theth Valley. The mountain is on the edge of the National Parks Theth.[2]

The mountain is located near the mountain pass of Qafa e Pejës (520 metres (1,710 ft)) north of Theth between the mountains of the Bjeshkët e Nemuna in the West - completed by the Maja Radohimës (2,570 metres (8,430 ft)) - and the Maja Jezercë massif in the east. While the steep south wall of the Shala Valley which is part of the mountain is actually based on a broad saddle between the two great massifs, the height of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) steeply to a rocky point jutting which it juts from. The tip and the surrounding saddle is made of rugged rock, of sinkholes and caves penetrating karst formations.[1][2]

Albania's longest horizontal cave is located beneath the south wall. Bulgarian researchers have explored its length at 2,585 metres (8,481 ft). The depth of the cave is 346 metres (1,135 ft). Within the cave, 15 species have been discovered.[3]


References[]

  1. ^ a b "Maja e Arapit, Geoquest Kletterführer" (PDF). Geoquest Verlag. August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-03.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b Christian Zindel; Barbara Hausamann (2008), Wanderführer Nordalbanien – Thethi und Kelmend (in German), München: Huber Verlag, ISBN 978-3-940686-19-0
  3. ^ "International Caving Expedition Maja Arapit 2009". 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2012-06-12.

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