Accursed Mountains

#12 among destinations in Albania

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain, Top attraction

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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. Maja Jezercë standing at 2,694 m is the highest point of the Accursed Mountains and of all Dinaric Alps, and the fifth highest peak in Albania. The highest peak in Montenegro, Zla Kolata at 2,534 m and the second-highest in Kosovo, Gjeravica at 2,656 m are also part of the range. ()

Local name: Alpet Shqiptare Maximum elevation: 8839 ftCoordinates: 42°26'30"N, 19°48'45"E

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ShkodërAlbania

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Accursed Mountains – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Maja Jezercë, Dinaric Alps, Maja Harapit, Radohima.

~170 ftNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Jezercë
1 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...
~0 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Dinaric Alps
1 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.
2.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Harapit
75 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.
4.5 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Radohima, Theth National Park
115 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.
4.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja e Shënikut
112 min walk • 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.
0.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Kokervhake
16 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.
1.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Maja Bojs
46 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.
1.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Great Lake of Buni Jezerce
34 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.
4.7 miS
42°22'31"N • 19°47'21"E
Ura e Gerles, Thethi
121 min walk • Bridge
3.9 miW
Mountain
Maja Visens, Theth National Park
100 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.
6.3 miSW
42°21'51"N • 19°44'46"E
"Blue Eye" Route, Thethi
162 min walk • Natural attraction, Waterfall