Maja e Shënikut

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Maja e Shënikut is a mountain with a height of 2,552 m in northern Albania, part of the Accursed Mountains range. It is just one of the many mountains of the Accursed Mountains range in Albania higher than 2,500 m. It is situated northwest of Maja Jezercë, the highest mountain of the Accursed Mountains, and east of the village Nikç. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 42°28'22"N, 19°44'15"E

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ShkodërAlbania

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Maja e Shënikut – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maja Jezercë, Accursed Mountains, Dinaric Alps, Maja Harapit.

4.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Jezercë
112 min walk • Maja Jezercë, the towering pride of Albania, stands as the apex of the Accursed Mountains, a range that stretches across the Prokletije. Dominating the landscape at an impressive 2,694 meters, it is the highest peak in the entire Dinaric Alps and a beacon for hikers...
4.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Accursed Mountains
112 min walk • The Accursed Mountains also known as the Albanian Alps are a mountain group in the western part of the Balkans. It is the southernmost subrange of the 1,000-kilometre-long Dinaric Alps range, extending from northern Albania to south Kosovo and northeastern Montenegro.
4.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Dinaric Alps
112 min walk • The Dinaric Alps, also commonly Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southeastern Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea.
2.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Harapit
54 min walk • Maja Harapit is a mountain in the Accursed Mountains range in the north of Albania. The mountain is 2,217 metres high, with an 800 metres high south wall 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.
3.2 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain
Radohima, Theth National Park
81 min walk • Radohima is a mountain within the Albanian Alps in northern Albania. Radohima rises between the Shala and Cem Valley. The massif of the Radohima has several other peaks with Maja e Radohimës at 2,568 metres being the highest peak of the massif.
4.3 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Kokervhake
109 min walk • Maja Kokervhake is a mountain in northern Albania, in the Accursed Mountains range. It reaches a height of 2,508 m above sea level and it has only recently been discovered considering that the North Albanian Alps has many high and jagged peaks.
3.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Bojs
81 min walk • Maja Bojs is a 2,461-metre-tall mountain near the center of the Accursed Mountains range in northern Albania near the border with Montenegro. It is just above the Buni Jezerce valley where Big lake of Buni Jezerce is located with five other lakes.
3.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Great Lake of Buni Jezerce
92 min walk • Big lake of Buni Jezercë is one of the largest lakes in the Albanian Alps found in the north of Albania. Big Lake is on an altitude of 1,792 m above sea level and is the largest of the 6 lakes found in the Buni Jezercë near the Montenegrin border.
2.7 miS
Mountain
Maja Visens, Theth National Park
68 min walk • Maja Visens is a mountain in northern Albania in the Accursed Mountains range. It is about 6 km southeast from the village-Nikç. Maja Visens is located in the Radohimës Mountain area in the west range. Maja Visens is the third highest peak among these mountains and is 2,517 m high.
3.4 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Briaset, Theth National Park
86 min walk • Maja Briaset is a 2,567 m tall mountain located in the country of Albania. It is part of the Accursed Mountains range in the northern part of Albania. One of the surrounding valleys is Valbona Valley.
5.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Trojan Mountain
139 min walk • Maja Trojan or Trojan is a mountain in the Accursed Mountains range on the border of Albania and Montenegro. Situated 7 km west of the village Gusinje, its elevation is 2,194 metres.