Šar Mountains
Mountain range in Southeast Europe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Šar Mountains Sharr Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Titov Vrv, North Macedonia |
Elevation | 2,748 m (9,016 ft) |
Geography | |
Location | North Macedonia–Polog Valley Kosovo–District of Prizren Albania–Kukës and Dibër Counties |
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The Šar Mountains (Serbian: Шар-планина, romanized: Šar-planina, Macedonian: Шар Планина, romanized: Šar Planina; colloquially also Šara, Cyrillic: Шара)[1] or Sharr Mountains (Albanian: Malet e Sharrit) is a mountain range extending from southern Kosovo, to northwestern North Macedonia, to northeastern Albania.[2] The sections in Kosovo, and in North Macedonia are national parks.[3] Rugged and barren, the mountains are among the highest in the Balkans, with 30 peaks higher than 2,500 m (8,202 ft).