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Accursed Mountains
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mountain range on the western Balkan peninsula
Key facts
- Peak
- Maja Jezercë , Albania
- Elevation
- 2,694 m (8,839 ft)
- Native name
- Bjeshkët e Nemuna ( Albanian ) Prokletije / Проклетије ( Serbo-Croatian )
- Countries
- Albania , Kosovo and Montenegro
- Parent range
- Dinaric Alps
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Accursed Mountains (Albanian: Bjeshkët e Nemuna; Serbo-Croatian: Prokletije / Проклетије, pronounced [prɔklɛ̌tijɛ]; both translated as "Cursed Mountains"), also known as the Albanian Alps (Albanian: Alpet Shqiptare), is a mountain range in coastal Southeast Europe adjacent to the Adriatic Sea. It is the southernmost subrange of the 1,000-kilometre-long (621 mi) Dinaric Alps range (Dinarides), extending from northern Albania to western Kosovo and northeastern Montenegro. Maja Jezercë, standing at 2,694 m (8,839 ft), is the highest point of the Accursed Mountains and of all Dinaric Alps, and the fifth highest peak in Albania. The range includes the mountain Zla Kolata, which, at 2,534 m (8,314 ft), is the tallest mountain in Montenegro. The range also includes the mountain Gjeravica, which, at 2,656 m (8,714 ft), is the second tallest mountain in Kosovo. One of the southernmost glacial masses in Europe was discovered in the Albanian part of the range in 2009.
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