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Revision as of 19:41, 22 September 2017

Koritnik
Mount Koritnik on the left from Pashtrik
Highest point
Elevation2,393 m (7,851 ft)
ListingUltra
Coordinates42°5′0″N 20°34′0″E / 42.08333°N 20.56667°E / 42.08333; 20.56667
Geography
Map
LocationKukës, Albania
Parent rangeSharr Mountains
Geology
Rock ageTriassic[1]
Mountain typeLimestone

Koritnik (Template:Lang-sq, Serbian Cyrillic: Коритник) is a wooded, limestone mountain within the Sharr Mountains, located in northeastern corner of Albania and the south of Kosovo between the cities of Kukës and Prizren.[2] Peak Koritnik has an alpine climate with cold, long winters and short, cool summers. The mountain range falls within the Balkan mixed forests terrestrial ecoregion of the Palearctic Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest. The slopes of the mountain meadows are mostly covered with coniferous forests. The summit of the Koritnik mountain range, Maja e Pikëllimës reaches an elevation of 2,393 metres (7,851 ft) above sea level and is the 10th highest summit of Kosovo.

Koritnik falls within the Korab-Koritnik Nature Park, forming the European Green Belt. The Gryka e Vanavës (Template:Lang-en) separates the mountain from the Gjallica mountain. The gorge has a length of 3.5 km (2.2 mi) and a width of 30 m (0.019 mi), and a deepth of about 300 m (0.19 mi).[3]

The mountain is entirely surrounded by branches of the White Drin river. The Koritnik mountain because of its high pastures contains a population of 60 chamois.

Snow on the peak
View from the mountain
Forests of Koritnik

See also

References

  1. ^ Kosovo: Sehenswürdigkeiten und Schönheiten (Dr. Dragan Ćukić ed.). Uros Maksimovic. pp. 11–12.
  2. ^ Quaternary Glaciations - Extent and Chronology: Part I: Europe. Elsevier. p. 383. ISBN 9780080540146.
  3. ^ "Kanioni i Vanave". akzm.gov.al (in Albanian).