Shkëlzen
Shkëlzen is a mountain situated in the Albanian Alps, bounded by the Tropojë river valley to the northeast, the Gashi river valley to the southwest, and the Tropojë basin to the southeast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,040 metres
- Description: mountain in Kukës County, Albania
- Also known as: “Maja e Shkelzenit”, “Maja Shkelzeni”, “Maja Shkëlzenit”, “Mali i Shkëlzenit”, and “Shkelzeni Peak”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tropoja and Viçidol.
Tropoja
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tropojë is a municipality in Kukës County, northeastern Albania, within the historical ethnographic region of the Gjakova Highlands.
Viçidol
Village
Viçidol is a village in the Kukës County, northern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Tropojë. It is located 2.4 kilometres away from the town of Tropojë and 4.6 kilometres from the border with Kosovo. Viçidol is situated 9 km southeast of Shkëlzen.
Koshare
Village
Koshare is a village in the District of Gjakova, Kosovo. It is located within the historical ethnographic region of the Gjakova Highlands. Koshare is situated 9 km east of Shkëlzen.
Shkëlzen
- Categories: mountain, protected areas of Albania, and landform
- Location: Komuna e Tropojës, Bashkia Tropojë, Kukës County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.45745° or 42° 27′ 27″ northLongitude
20.1282° or 20° 7′ 42″ eastElevation
2,040 metres (6,693 feet)Open location code
8GJ2F44H+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 4732089157OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Shkëlzen” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Maja e Shkëlzenit”
- Cebuano: “Maja e Shkëlzenit”
- Dutch: “Shkëlzen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل شكيلزين”
- German: “Shkëlzen”
- Hungarian: “Shkëlzen”
- Hungarian: “Shkëlzeni”
- Ladin: “Shkëlzen”
- Swedish: “Maja e Shkëlzenit”
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