Nemërçka
Nemërçka is a mountain chain situated along the boundary between Gjirokastër and Përmet municipalities, in southern Albania and northern Greece. Part of the Trebeshinë-Dhëmbel-Nemërçkë mountain range, its highest peak, Maja e Papingut, reaches a height of 2,482 m, making it the highest peak in the Southern Mountain Region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,873 metres
- Description: mountain in Gjirokastër District, Greece
- Also known as: “Aeropos”, “Mal Nëmerçkë”, “Mali i Nemërçkës”, “Mount Dousko”, “Mount Nemërçkë”, “Nëmerçkë”, “Nemérska”, “Nimercca”, “Oros Nemertska”, and “Pelagos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maja e Papingut.
Maja e Papingut
Peak
Maja e Papingut is a mountain peak of the Nemërçka massif, in southern Albania. Reaching a height of 2,482 m, it is the 3rd most prominent peak in the country and the 44th most prominent peak in Europe. Maja e Papingut is situated 3 km east of Nemërçka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skore and Poliçan.
Skore
Village
Photo: Εκδόσεις Σχωριάδες, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skore is one of the six villages of the former commune of Pogon, in southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. Skore is situated 4 km southwest of Nemërçka.
Poliçan
Village
Poliçan is a village in Gjirokastër County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Dropull. It is within the wider Pogoni region that stretches in both Greece and Albania. Poliçan is situated 4 km west of Nemërçka.
Drymades
Village
Drymades is a village in the regional unit of Ioannina in the Epirus region of Greece. It is part of the municipality of Pogoni. It is near the border with Albania. Drymades is situated 9 km southeast of Nemërçka.
Nemërçka
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Turkish—“Nemërçka” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Nemërçka”
- Bulgarian: “Дуско”
- Bulgarian: “Немеречка”
- Bulgarian: “Немърчка”
- Cebuano: “Óros Doúsko”
- Cebuano: “Óros Nemértska”
- Czech: “Doúsko”
- Czech: “Nemërçkë”
- Czech: “Δούσκο”
- Danish: “Nemërçka”
- Dutch: “Dousko”
- Dutch: “Mount Nemërçkë”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت نيميرك”
- Finnish: “Dousko”
- Finnish: “Nemërçkë”
- French: “Dousko”
- German: “Dousko”
- German: “Nemercka”
- German: “Nemërçka”
- Greek: “Δούσκο”
- Hebrew: “הרי נמרצ’קה”
- Hungarian: “Nemërçka-hegység”
- Ladin: “Mount Nemërçkë”
- Macedonian: “Дуско”
- Macedonian: “Немеречка”
- Macedonian: “Немерица”
- Russian: “Дуско”
- Russian: “Немерчка”
- Spanish: “Cordillera de Nemërçkë”
- Spanish: “Monte Dousko”
- Swedish: “Óros Doúsko”
- Swedish: “Óros Nemértska”
- Turkish: “Dousko Dağı”
- Turkish: “Nemerçka Dağı”
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