List of mountains in Kosovo

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List of mountains in Kosovo shows some of the vast number of mountains of Kosovo. Most of Kosovo is covered with medium-high to high mountains. Mountains of Kosovo belong to Dinarides range. The Plain of Kosovo is on average 550 meters above the sea level and the Plain of Metohija is on average 450 meters high.

Mountain	Highest peak(s)	Altitude (m)	Coordinates	Nearest town
Crnoljeva	Garamele	1160	42°24′43″N 20°58′02″E / 42.41194, 20.96722	Shtime
	Gradina	1055	42°28′48″N 20°51′01″E / 42.48, 20.85028	Mališevo
Goljak	Novakova	1101	42°43′48″N 21°32′4″E / 42.73, 21.53444	Priština
	Velja glava	1181	42°41′30″N 21°41′4″E / 42.69167, 21.68444	Priština
Hajla	Hajla	2403	42°45′16″N 20°08′58″E / 42.75444, 20.14944	Peć
Jezerska planina	Ostrvica	2092	42°14′29″N 20°54′51″E / 42.24139, 20.91417	Prizren
	Karadino	1656	42°18′01″N 21°02′3″E / 42.30028, 21.03417	Štrpce
	Bukova glava	1677	42°19′35″N 20°58′4″E / 42.32639, 20.96778	Suva Reka
	Studenica	1723	42°18′37″N 20°59′1″E / 42.31028, 20.98361	Suva Reka
Kopaonik	Oštro Koplje	1789	43°01′11″N 21°01′10″E / 43.01972, 21.01944	Podujevo
	Šatorica	1750	43°06′41″N 20°58′49″E / 43.11139, 20.98028	Leposavić
Koritnik	Koritnik	2393	42°04′54″N 20°33′45″E / 42.08167, 20.5625	Prizren
Koznica	Grbeš	1230	42°39′35″N 21°22′4″E / 42.65972, 21.36778	Priština
Mokra gora	Novi Vrh	1806	42°50′00″N 20°26′50″E / 42.833333, 20.44722	Peć
	Ruica	1814	42°51′58″N 20°33′09″E / 42.86611, 20.5525	Peć
Nerodimka	Kula	1544	42°18′37″N 21°03′5″E / 42.31028, 21.05139	Uroševac
Paštrik		1986	42°12′45″N 20°31′48″E / 42.2125, 20.53	Prizren
Prokletije	Gjeravica	2656	42°32′01″N 20°08′40″E / 42.53361, 20.14444	Peć
	Žuti Kamen	2522	42°39′40″N 20°08′20″E / 42.66111, 20.13889	Peć
Šar Mountains	Vrtop	2555	42°05′55″N 20°50′05″E / 42.09861, 20.83472	Prizren
	Peskovi	2651	42°08′29″N 20°59′00″E / 42.14139, 20.983333	Prizren
	Crni Vrh	2585	42°07′42″N 20°55′28″E / 42.12833, 20.92444	Prizren
	Luboteni	2498	42°12′28″N 21°07′29″E / 42.20778, 21.12472	Uroševac
Mali i Strellcit		2377	42°35′55″N 20°14′07″E / 42.59861, 20.23528	Peć
	Koprivnik	2461	42°37′12″N 20°12′42″E / 42.62, 20.21167	Peć
Žar planina	Pljoš	1694	42°16′17″N 20°57′01″E / 42.27139, 20.95028	Suva Reka
Žljeb	Rusulija	2381	42°45′02″N 20°14′55″E / 42.75056, 20.24861	Peć

[edit] List of highest peaks in Kosovo

List of mountain peaks in Kosovo with over 2000 meters in height

Peak	Mountain	Height (m)
Gjeravica	Prokletije	2656
Peskovi	Šar Mountains	2651
Bistra/Gužbaba	Šar Mountains	2609
Crni vrh	Šar Mountains	2585
Vrtop	Šar Mountains	2555
Gusan	Prokletije	2539
Bogdaš	Prokletije	2533
Maja Rozit/Žuti kamen	Prokletije	2522
Marjash	Prokletije	2510
Maja e Rops	Bogićevica	2501
Luboteni	Šar Mountains	2498
Maja	Šar Mountains	2493
Veternik	Koproniku	2461
Hajla	Hajla	2403
Koritnik	Koritnik	2393
Rusulija	Žljeb	2381
Strellcit	Mali i Strellcit	2377
Tromeđa*	Prokletije	2366
Žljeb	Žljeb	2365
Rаsa e Žogit	Junička planina	2305
Ošljak	Ošljak	2212
Kačina glava	Šar Mountains	2207
Ovčinec	Šar Mountains	2177
Pogled**	Mokra gora	2154
Bandera	Suva planina (Peć)	2098
Ostrvica	Jezerska planina	2092
Maja Ksulje e Priftit***	Šar Mountains	2092
Murga	Šar Mountains	2025
Maja e Vjeljakut	Paklen (Peć)	2014

• The peak marked with an asterisk is the tripoint of Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro.
• The peak marked with two asterisks is on the border of Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia.
• The peak marked with three asterisks is the tripoint of Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia.

[edit] References

• http://solair.eunet.yu/~s.ilic/planine.txt. Adopted with author's permission. Used for coordinates only.
• Greater Geographical Atlas of Yugoslavia, University Press "Liber", Zagreb, 1987.
• USAID/BHR/OFDA "Humanitarian Response Planning Map: Kosovo 1998", Scale 1:225.000, 18 November 1998, 2nd edition

[edit] See also

• Geography of Kosovo
• List of rivers in Kosovo
• List of lakes in Kosovo

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