Mali i Priskës

Mali i Priskës
Forest fires on the mountain in March 2019
height	1365  m above sea level A.
location	Tirana Qark , Albania
Mountains	Kruja chain
Coordinates	41 ° 18 '54 "  N , 19 ° 57' 16"  E Coordinates: 41 ° 18 '54 "  N , 19 ° 57' 16"  E
rock	limestone
View from Tirana to the Kruja chain with Dajti on the left and Mali i Priskës on the right

The Mali i Priskës is a mountain in central Albania with an altitude of 1365  m above sea level. A. southeast of Tirana .

The mountain joins  the Dajti ( 1613  m above sea level ), the local mountain of the capital Tirana, in the south of the Kruja chain . It forms an approximately four kilometer long north-south ridge in this coastal edge mountain range , which slopes steeply on both sides. In the north, the mountain is the Pass Qafa e Priskës ( 954  m above sea level. A. separated) from Dajti. In the south, the mountain ends at the Qafa e Përcëlleshit ( 865  m above sea level ), from where the ridge only rises slightly, and about two kilometers further south into the gorge of the Erzen (Gryka e Skronës) , which extends northeast from Pëllumbas cuts through the mountains, to fall away . The Mali i Priskës has a double peak, separated by an almost 1000 meter long, almost flat ridge. The northern tip is slightly higher, but the southern ( 1353  m above sea level ) is the eponymous one on the map.  

The uppermost part of the western side drops steeply and interspersed with rocks. At around 550  m above sea level. A. the slope slowly flattens out and turns into hilly foreland, which is drained for ore. The east side is similarly steep up to a height of around 900  m above sea level. A. to then drop a little flatter to ore.

The mountain consists mostly of limestone . Unlike the Dajti which drops almost to the level of Tirana, here are missing terrain terraces .

On the west side of the Qafa e Priskës lies below the pass road at around 500  m above sea level. A. the village of Priska e Madhe, on the east side at around 750  m above sea level. A. the village of Shkalla. Further villages on the east side of the mountain are Murth, Selba and Darshen, to the west of it Përcëllesh and in the foothills Gurra.

The Mali i Priskës belongs to the southern part of the Dajti National Park , which stretches to the Ore Gorge. The mountain is not accessible by paths, which is why the peaks are rarely visited.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Official map 1: 50,000 of the military cartographic office of Albania, sheet K-34-126-B, 2nd edition 1982
2. ↑ Qafa e Priskës. In: Mapcarta. Retrieved March 23, 2020 (English). 
3. ↑ Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH (ed.): Gjeografia fizike e Shqipërisë . tape 2 : Vështrim fiziko-gjeografik krahinor. Tirana 1991, p. 179 f .
4. ↑ The Priske Enigmahiking blue. Route description. In: Palm Tree Productions. March 2012, accessed on March 23, 2020 .