Nemërçka
| Nemërçka (Maja e Papingut) | ||
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 Central part with Maja e Papingut (right) from the southeast |
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| height | 2485 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Albania , Greece | |
| Mountains | Dhëmbel-Nemërçka | |
| Notch height | 1792 m | |
| Coordinates | 40 ° 7 '27 " N , 20 ° 25' 57" E | |
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| Type | Anticline | |
| rock | Limestone , flysch | |
| Normal way | West flank | |
| particularities | Highest mountain in southern Albania that is not on the border | |
The Nemërçka ( Albanian also Nemërçkë ; Greek Δούσκο Doúsko , Νεμέρτσικα Nemértsika or Αεροπός Aeropós ) is a long mountain in southern Albania and - to a small extent - in northern Greece south of Përmet . The highest point is the Maja e Papingut with 2485 m above sea level. A. , which was formerly also called Maja e Dritës ( tip of light) . This makes the Nemërçka the highest point of the Albanian Epirus , only the Grammos in the Pindos Mountains on the Greek-Albanian border is even higher in southern Albania. The highest point of the Nemërçka on Greek soil is at 2198 m ; At this point, the border pulling up the western flank reaches the ridge and follows it to the south and further to the east. To the north, the ridge forms the border between the Gjirokastra region in the west and the municipality of Përmet in the east.
The mountain is part of the Trëbëshinj-Dhëmbel-Mount Nemërçkë -Gebirgszugs, a powerful anticline from limestone with a Flyschmantel . The Nemërçka forms the southernmost part of this mountain range, adjoining the 2050 meter high Dhëmbel and separated from it by the approximately 600 meter deep incision of the Dhëmbel Pass . The mountain stretches for about 22 kilometers as a straight ridge from southeast to northwest. On the east side the mountain range is bounded by the valley of the Vjosa , in the west by the syncline of Zagori and Pogon running parallel to the mountain , which is closed in the west by the anticline of the Shëndëll-Lunxhëria-Buretoja mountain range with the Lunxhëria mountain as the culmination point.
The mountain drops very steeply on both sides. Particularly impressive is the east face, which is characterized by steep rock faces, which slope down to the Vjosa, which is over 2000 meters lower. On the west side, the ridge is flatter, but the flank is very steep between heights of 1100 to 1800 meters.
“Anyone who climbs the Maj 'e Papingut [...] from W is completely surprised by the enormous walls with which the mountains break off towards E here. At a height of 300–400 m, a 9 km long wall runs in a straight line from Kote 2450 m on my map to Maj 'e Tumbës ( 2220 m ). Only several hundred meters below the ridge of the wall jump out side ridges and pull down to the Vijosëtal. The main wall continues to fall between them ... "
In the summit region and on the eastern flank, where there is sometimes snow until autumn, there are traces of ice age glaciation .
Summit of the Nemërçka
- Maja e Papingut ( 2482 m )
- Maja e Gatakut ( 2269 m )
- Maja e Qesarit ( 2253 m )
- Maja e Poliçanit ( 2138 m )
The largest village on the mountain is Poliçan in Albania, seat of the former municipality of Pogon (today municipality of Dropull ), which is located at the southwestern foot of the mountain. The terrain in the Pogon region is rather inhospitable, sparsely populated and quite rich in vegetation with the remains of primeval oak forests. The mountains are sparsely used as pasture. On the steep east side are the few villages at the foot of the mountain in the Vjosatal.
Web links
- Palm Tree Productions: report of a climb (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Instituti i Statistics : Shqipëria në Shifra. (PDF) (No longer available online.) 2005, archived from the original on February 9, 2012 ; accessed on February 13, 2012 .
- ↑ Petter E. Bjørstad: The European 100 Finest Mountains ranked by primary factor - Mountain info. In: Petter's mountain page. 2008, accessed February 13, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH (ed.): Gjeografia fizike e Shqipërisë . tape 2 : Vështrim fiziko-gjeografik krahinor. Tirana 1991.
- ↑ a b Christoph Baumann: The Albanian "Transformation Region" Gjirokastra - Structural Change in the 20th Century, Spatial Trends and Patterns of Action in Rural Space . In: Institute for Geography at the University of Bamberg (Hrsg.): Bamberger Geographische Schriften . Issue 28. Self-published, 2008, ISSN 0344-6557 .
- ↑ a b c Herbert Louis: Albania - a country study primarily due to personal travels . Published by J. Engelhorn's successors in Stuttgart, Berlin 1927.