Qafa e Pejës
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 Qafa e Pejës to the right of the striking Arapi seen from Theth |
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| Compass direction | North | south | |
| Pass height | 1710 m above sea level A. | ||
| local community | Shkodra | ||
| Watershed | Lim | Shala | |
| Valley locations | Gusinje | Theth | |
| expansion | Footpath | ||
| Lock | - | ||
| Mountains | Prokletije | ||
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 26 '37 " N , 19 ° 46' 14" E | ||
The Qafa e Pejës ( German Peja Pass ) is 1710 m above sea level. A. high mountain pass in northern Albania .
A footpath leads over the pass from Theth to Gusinje in Montenegro . Located in the central Albanian Alps , it forms a passage between the Bjeshkët e Namuna ( 2568 m above sea level ) in the west and the Jezerca group ( 2694 m above sea level ) in the east. The pass is part of the great watershed in the Albanian Alps between the Adriatic and the Black Sea .
The pass drops many hundred meters very steeply on the south side into the Shala valley - the path zigzags up the almost vertical wall. On the north side the area is less steep. Immediately north of the top of the pass, however, there is a 75-meter-deep trough with a small mountain lake, Lake Peja ( Albanian Liqeni i Pejës ). The hollow has to be left on the north side via a similarly high pass.
In the past, an important caravan route led from the southwestern edge of the mountains over the pass to Gusinje and on to Peja , which gave the pass its name. Due to the demarcation, this has lost its meaning.
The Qafa e Pejës also serves as a starting point for ascent of the Jezerca in the southeast, the highest mountain in the Dinaric Alps , and trekking tours in the area. There are various Alps and a few small lakes in the region, but only little spring water. The Arapi rises to the west of the pass .
The path over the pass forms one of the stages of the Peaks of the Balkans long-distance hiking trail , which connects the mountain regions in Kosovo , Montenegro and Albania.
Aerial view of the Prokletije with Qafa e Pejës slightly to the left of the center
Signpost at the pass
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Zindel, Barbara Hausamann: Hiking Guide Northern Albania - Thethi and Kelmend . Huber Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-940686-19-0 .
- ↑ Georg Heinsheimer, Egon Hofmann, Heinrich Schatz: A mountain trip into the northern Albanian mountains . In: Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Club . tape 62 . Verlag des DÖAV, Innsbruck 1931, p. 161 ( article online ).
- ↑ Bernhard Bauer, Ludwig Obersteiner, Rolf Richer: To the development of the North Albanian Alps . Yearbook. In: Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Association . tape 67 . Publishing house of the German and Austrian Alpine Club, Stuttgart 1936, p. 216-229 .