Šar Mountains
The Šar Mountains or Sharr Mountains is a mountain range in Southeast Europe, extending into several countries from southern Kosovo, to northwestern North Macedonia, to northeastern Albania.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,146 metres
- Description: mountain range in the eastern Balkan Peninsula
- Also known as: “Šar Planina”, “Shar mountain”, “Shar Mountain”, “Sharr Mountain”, and “Sharr Mountains”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Karanikolica and Karanikola Lake.
Karanikolica
Peak
Photo: Vojned, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karanikolica is a mountain peak in Kosovo and North Macedonia. The peak is found in the Šar Mountains. It's 2,409 m high and is just one of the peaks over 2,000 m which is found along the ridge of the Šar Mountains. Karanikolica is situated 3 km west of Šar Mountains.
Karanikola Lake
Lake
Photo: Македонец, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karanikola Lake is situated 3½ km west of Šar Mountains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bozovce and Donje Ljubinje.
Bozovce
Village
Photo: Деан Лазаревски, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bozovce is a village in the municipality of Tetovo, North Macedonia. Bozovce is situated 3½ km south of Šar Mountains.
Donje Ljubinje
Village
Donje Ljubinje is a village in Prizren Municipality, Kosovo. It is located in the historical region of Sredačka župa. According to the 2024 population census, the village had 1,632 inhabitants, with 1,627 being Bosniaks. Donje Ljubinje is situated 6 km north of Šar Mountains.
Manastirica
Village
Manastirica is a village in the Prizren Municipality in southern Kosovo, close to the border between Kosovo and North Macedonia. Manastirica is situated 6 km north of Šar Mountains.
Šar Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Serbia, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Venetian—“Šar Mountains” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bjeshkët e Sharrit”
- Albanian: “Malet e Sharrit”
- Albanian: “Sharrit”
- Arabic: “جبال شار”
- Azerbaijani: “Şar dağları”
- Basque: “Šar mendiak”
- Bosnian: “Šar planina”
- Bosnian: “Šar-planina”
- Bosnian: “Šara”
- Bulgarian: “Шар планина”
- Bulgarian: “Шар”
- Cebuano: “Šar Planina”
- Chinese: “沙爾山脈”
- Chinese: “萨尔山脉”
- Chinese: “薩爾山區”
- Chinese: “薩爾山脈”
- Croatian: “Šar planina”
- Croatian: “Šar Planina”
- Croatian: “Šar-planina”
- Croatian: “Šarplanina”
- Czech: “Šar planina”
- Dutch: “Šar-planina”
- Dutch: “Šargebergte”
- Esperanto: “Malet e Sharrit”
- Esperanto: “Malli i Sharrit”
- Esperanto: “Šar Planina”
- Esperanto: “Ŝar-montaro”
- Estonian: “Šar Planina”
- Finnish: “Šar”
- French: “Monts Sar”
- French: “monts Šar”
- French: “Monts Šar”
- French: “Šar (montagne)”
- French: “Šar”
- French: “Scardus”
- Galician: “Montes Šar”
- Galician: “Montes Sharr”
- Galician: “Parque Nacional de Šar”
- Galician: “Parque Nacional de Sharr”
- Georgian: “შარ-დაღი”
- Georgian: “შარ-პლანინა”
- German: “Malet e Sharrit”
- German: “Mali i Sharrit”
- German: “Malli i Sharrit”
- German: “Sar Planina”
- German: “Šar Planina”
- German: “Sharr”
- Greek: “Όρος Σάρος”
- Greek: “Όρος Σκάρδος”
- Greek: “Σάρ”
- Greek: “Σκάρδος”
- Hebrew: “שר פלנינה”
- Hungarian: “Šar-hegység”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Šar”
- Italian: “Monte Šar”
- Italian: “Monti Sar”
- Italian: “Monti Šar”
- Italian: “Parco nazionale dei Monti Šar”
- Italian: “Šar Planina”
- Italian: “Šar-planina”
- Italian: “Šar”
- Japanese: “シャル山”
- Japanese: “シャル山地”
- Japanese: “シャル山脈”
- Javanese: “Gunung Šar”
- Javanese: “Šar mountain”
- Ladin: “Crëps de Šar”
- Latin: “Scadrus”
- Latvian: “Šarplanina”
- Lithuanian: “Šaro kalnai”
- Macedonian: “Шар Планина”
- Macedonian: “Шара”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Šar Planina”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Šarfjellene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjeshkët e Sharrit”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Malet e Sharrit”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mali i Sharrit”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sar Planina”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Šar Planina”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sar Planinia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Šarfjella”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sharr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Шар Планина”
- Norwegian: “Šar Planina”
- Persian: “کوههای شار”
- Polish: “Šar Planina”
- Polish: “Szar Płanina”
- Polish: “Szarska Płanina”
- Romanian: “Munţii Šar”
- Romanian: “Munții Sar”
- Romanian: “Munții Šar”
- Russian: “Шар (горный массив)”
- Russian: “Шар-Даг”
- Russian: “Шар-Планина (горный хребет)”
- Russian: “Шар-Планина”
- Serbian: “Šar Planina”
- Serbian: “Шар планина”
- Serbian: “Шар Планина”
- Serbian: “Шар-планина”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Šar Planina”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Šar-planina”
- Slovak: “Šar planina”
- Slovenian: “Šar planina”
- Spanish: “Montana sar”
- Spanish: “Montana Sar”
- Spanish: “Montana Sǎr”
- Spanish: “Montana Šar”
- Spanish: “Montaña sar”
- Spanish: “Montaña Sar”
- Spanish: “Montaña Sǎr”
- Spanish: “Montaña Šar”
- Spanish: “Montes sar”
- Spanish: “Montes Šar”
- Spanish: “Šar Planina”
- Swahili: “Mlima Sar”
- Swedish: “Sar Planina”
- Swedish: “Šar Planina”
- Swedish: “Šarbergen”
- Turkish: “Şar Dağı”
- Turkish: “Şar Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Шар-Планина”
- Venetian: “Monti Šar”
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