Kukës County
Bashkia Tropojë
Komuna e Margegajt

Valbona Pass

The Valbona Pass is a high mountain pass within the Albanian Alps in northern . Valbona Pass has an elevation of 1,802 metres.
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  • Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,802 metres
  • Description: Mountain pass in Albania
  • Also known as: “Ćafa Valbons”, “Qaf’ e Valbonës”, “Qafa e Valbones”, and “Valbona pass”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prokletije and Ethnographic Museum of Dukagjin.

Photo: Church of emacs, CC BY 3.0.
or, sometimes called the Albanian Alps or the Accursed Mountains are a range in and northwestern .

Museum
Photo: JoraK, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
Photo: Liridon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rragam and Thethi.

Village
Photo: Lenart Avdiu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Photo: Liridon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village surrounded by National Park, up on Albanian Alps, in , in Shkodra District. A lot of tourists visit the mountain peaks of , Boga, Razma and Vermoshi, where they enjoy the dense forests, clear springs and limestone caves.

Valbona Pass

Latitude
42.40569° or 42° 24′ 21″ north
Longitude
19.8152° or 19° 48′ 55″ east
Elevation
1,802 metres (5,912 feet)
Open location code
8FJXCR48+73
Open­Street­Map ID
node 502595625
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Geo­Names ID
3183797
Wiki­data ID
Q2121353
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Ukrainian—“Valbona Pass” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: “Qafa e Valbonës”
  • Cebuano: “Qafa e Valbonës”
  • Czech: “Valbonský průsmyk”
  • German: “Qafa e Valbonës”
  • German: “Qafa Valbonës”
  • Hungarian: “Valbona-hágó”
  • Russian: “Перевал Вальбона”
  • Swedish: “Qafa e Valbonës”
  • Ukrainian: “Перевал Вальбона”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wild strawberry and Burimet e Valbonës.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Valbona Pass”. Photo: Jirka Dl, CC BY-SA 3.0.