Maja Grykat e Hapëta
| Maja Grykat e Hapëta | ||
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 from left: Grykat e Hapëta, Maja e Brijasit ( 2529 m above sea level ) and Maja e Zhaporës ( 2561 m above sea level ) from the north |
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| height | 2625 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Albania | |
| Mountains | Albanian Alps | |
| Dominance | 8.25 km → Jezerca | |
| Notch height | 830 m ↓ Qafa e Valbonës | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 24 ′ 31 " N , 19 ° 54 ′ 17" E | |
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| Type | Ridges | |
| rock | Dolomite lime | |
 The Maja Grykat e Hapëta (center) seen from the west in the chain of mountains on the south side of the Valbona valley |
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The Maja Grykat e Hapëta is with a height of 2625 m above sea level. A. the third highest mountain peak in the Albanian Alps . The Maja Grykat e Hapëta is one of the highest mountains in Albania : after the Korab ( 2754 m above sea level ) with its secondary peaks and the Jezerca ( 2694 m above sea level ) it is the third highest mountain in the country. However, it is not particularly well-known - it is rarely climbed and does not stand out prominently.
The name of the mountain translates as Extended Gorges . It occurs in different forms such as Maja e Grykave të Hapta or Maja e Grykës së Hapët .
The Maja Grykat e Hapëta is located at the eastern end of the long mountain range of Zhapora ( 2561 m above sea level ; also Zhabora) and Grykat e Hapëta, which separates the Valbonatal in the north from the basin of Nikaj-Mërtur in the south. To the north, the mountains drop in steep rock faces over 1500 meters into the upper Valbonatal - a pronounced glacial U-valley - and thus significantly shape the landscape of the Valbonatal National Park . To the south, the mountains drop less steeply and have the character of a plateau.
On the approximately seven-kilometer-long mountain range, the Maja Grykat e Hapëta is set back a little so that it is less noticeable than less high mountains on both sides. The Maja Grykat e Hapëta is not only the highest peak, but also the eastern end of the mountain range, which drops steeply here. Two ridges continue from the summit: the main ridge leads southeast to Maja e Hekurave ( 2559 m above sea level ), a four-kilometer ridge runs northeast to Maja Ismet Sali Bruçaj ( 2527 m above sea level ). In between, a small side valley drops steeply to the east and flows into the Valbonatal at Dragobia. The mountain is separated from the Maja e Hekurave by the pass Qafa e Droçkës (approx. 2100 m above sea level ).
The Maja Grykat e Hapëta has its highest point in the east, from where a gently sloping, around 300 meters long ridge stretches to the west, which then drops steeply.
Firn fields can be found all year round on the northern slopes of the mountain range . In Karen of karst mountains , some small have glaciers formed. They are at an altitude of 2280 m above sea level. A. up to 2450 m above sea level A. , but below the climatic snow line . There is a microclimate in the steep rocky slopes that nevertheless allows glaciers to form. Some are around Maja e Brijasit ( 2529 m above sea level ) and Maja e Zhaporës, one on the eastern flank of Maja Grykat e Hapëta.
Like the surrounding mountains, the mountain consists of Triassic dolomite limestone . In the chain of Zhapora and Grykat e Hapëta there are various other peaks with heights over 2400 m above sea level. A. and even with over 2500 m above sea level. A. In the Albanian Alps, only two mountains are higher than the Maja Grykat e Hapëta: the Jezerca on the northern side of the Valbona valley and the Gjeravica ( 2656 m. I. Year ) further east across the border in Kosovo .
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- ↑ a b Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH (ed.): Gjeografia fizike e Shqipërisë . tape 2 . Tirana 1990, p. 75 f .
- ↑ Official map 1: 50,000 of the military cartographic office of Albania, sheet K-34-52-D, 2nd edition, Tirana 1988
- ↑ a b Emil Gachev: The Unknown Southernmost Glaciers of Europe . In: Glaciers Evolution in a Changing World . InTech, 2017, ISBN 978-953-513-543-2 , pp. 88 ff ., doi : 10.5772 / intechopen.68899 ( intechopen.com [accessed April 9, 2020]).
- ↑ a b Milovan Milivojevića, Ljubomir Menkovića and Jelena Ćalić: Pleistocene glacial relief of the central part of Mt. Prokletije (Albanian Alps) , in: Quaternary International, V. 190, 1, November 1, 2008, pp. 112-122
- ^ Herbert Louis : Albania. A knowledge of the country mainly because of my own travels . Published by J. Engelhorn's successors in Stuttgart, Berlin / Stuttgart March 1927, p. 152 .
- ↑ Good to see on file: Northalbanian Alps.jpg .
- ↑ Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH (ed.): Gjeografia fizike e Shqipërisë . tape 2 . Tirana 1990, p. 84 f .
- ↑ Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH (ed.): Gjeografia fizike e Shqipërisë . tape 2 . Tirana 1990, p. 29 .
- ↑ Gjovalin Gruda: Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar . Ed .: Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH . Tirana 1985, keyword Grykat e Hapëta , p. 327 .