Albania contains many mountains, some reaching heights of more than 2,000m above sea level. The highest mountain in Albania is Mount Korab on the border with the Republic of Macedonia. Mount Korab reaches a height of 2,764m. Now though, new GPS readings say that Mount Korab could be 2,864m high, 100m higher. The highest mountains are located in Mount Korab, the Prokletije (also Albanian Alps, Albanian: Bjeshkët e Namuna), the Šar Mountains (Albanian: Sharr) on the border with Kosovo (e.g. Koritnik and Pashtrik), near Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa and in the south where many ranges and mountains reach beyond 2,500m. Near the coast it is mainly hilly. The mountains create some amazing features such as the Canyon of Osum river and valleys like Valbona in the Prokletije. These mountains are used for a number of things like skiing and climbing.
Two large European mountain ranges dominate Albania, the Dinaric Alps and the Pindus mountains.
These mountains also create glacial and alpine lakes. One of these examples is on the mountain of Lura. On Lura there are a number of lakes, some very large and some small. The Albanian Government declared Lura a National Park.
List of peaks in Albania with over 2,000m in height
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