Shkëlzen
Shkëlzen is a massif 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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Leonitaagashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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”, and “Shkelzeni Peak”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Papaj and Tropoja.
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.
Babinë
Village
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Babinë is a village, which is situated 8 km south of Shkëlzen.
Shkëlzen
- Categories: mountain, protected areas of Albania, and landform
- Location: Komuna e Tropojës, Bashkia Tropojë, Kukës County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
Discover Shkëlzen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Swedish—“Shkëlzen” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Maja e Shkëlzenit”
- Albanian: “Mali i 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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