Mount Nemërçkë
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Nemërçka (, ) is a massif situated along the boundary between Gjirokastër and Përmet municipalities, in southern Albania and northern Greece. Part of the Trebeshinë-Dhëmbel-Nemërçkë mountain range, its highest peak, Papingu, reaches a height of , making it the highest peak in the Southern Mountain Region. Other notable peaks include Maja e Gatakut , Maja e Qesarit , Maja e Poliçanit , etc.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Nemërçka / Dousko
- Mountain.image
- Nemercka mountains, Albania.jpg
- Mountain.image_caption
- View of the Nemërçka chain
- Mountain.map
- Albania#Greece
- Mountain.listing
- Ultra-prominent
- Mountain.region
- Southern Mountain Region
- Mountain.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Mountain.settlement
- Përmet, Gjirokastër
- Mountain.range
- Trebeshinë-Dhëmbel–Nemërçkë
- Mountain.age
- Mesozoic, Paleogene
- Mountain.type
- massif
- Mountain.geology
- limestone
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Albania
- Located in
- Gjirokastër District
- Elevation
- 2485
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Highest point
- Papingu
- Image
- SouthernViewNemercke.jpg
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- located in/on physical feature
- Epirus
- Commons category
- Nemërçka
- topographic prominence
- 1792
- native label
- Δούσκο
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geology
- Biodiversity
- See also
- References
Nemërçka (, ) is a massif situated along the boundary between Gjirokastër and Përmet municipalities, in southern Albania and northern Greece. Part of the Trebeshinë-Dhëmbel-Nemërçkë mountain range, its highest peak, Papingu, reaches a height of , making it the highest peak in the Southern Mountain Region. Other notable peaks include Maja e Gatakut , Maja e Qesarit , Maja e Poliçanit , etc.
The massif extends about from Qafa e Dhëmbelit in the north to the state border with Greece in the south, stretching at a width of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Nemërçkë” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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