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Šar Mountains

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Also known as Šar Planina, Sharr Mountains

mountain range in the eastern Balkan Peninsula

Key facts

Peak
Titov Vrv , North Macedonia
Elevation
2,748 m (9,016 ft)
Native name
Шар Планина ( Macedonian ) Шар-планина / Šar-planina ( Serbian ) Malet e Sharrit ( Albanian )
Location
Kukës and Dibër Counties – Albania , Ferizaj and Prizren Districts – Kosovo , Polog Valley – North Macedonia
Countries
Albania Kosovo North Macedonia

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

The Šar Mountains (Macedonian: Шар Планина, romanized: Šar Planina; Serbian: Шар-планина / Šar-planina; colloquially also Šara, Cyrillic: Шара) or Sharr Mountains (Albanian: Malet e Sharrit, pronounced [malɛt ɛ ʃarit]) is a mountain range in Southeast Europe, extending into several countries from southern Kosovo, to northwestern North Macedonia, to northeastern Albania. The sections in Kosovo (Sharr Mountains National Park) and North Macedonia (Šar Planina National Park) are national parks. Rugged and barren, the mountains are among the highest in the Balkans, with 30 peaks higher than 2,500 m (8,202 ft).

Etymology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Šar Mountains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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