Radohima
| Radohima | ||
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 The southeast face of Theth, on the right the Arapi |
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| height | 2568 m above sea level A. (according to other information 2570 m above sea level ) | |
| location | Albania | |
| Mountains | North Albanian Alps | |
| Dominance | 6.2 km → Poplluk | |
| Notch height | 858 m ↓ Qafa e Pejës | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 25 '38 " N , 19 ° 43' 33" E | |
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| Type | Ridges | |
| rock | Dolomite lime | |
| First ascent | Franz Baron Nopcsa , Lek Curri and Sadri Luka (August 26, 1907) | |
| Normal way | Northeast ridge | |
 Aerial view from the southwest with the point on the right of the middle above the cloud band between the Shala valley on the right and the Polje Livadhet e Bogës on the left |
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 Space shuttle image of the Albanian Alps with Radohima on the left |
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The Radohima ( Albanian Maja e Radohimës ) is a mountain in the Albanian Alps in northern Albania . With a height of 2568.3 m above sea level. A. it is one of the highest mountains in Albania behind the Korab ( 2764 m above sea level ) and secondary peaks, the nearby Jezerca ( 2694 m above sea level ) with secondary peaks and the Poplluk ( 2578 m above sea level ), also in the Jezerca massif. The Radohima is part of the impressive mountain panorama of Theth and is located in the Theth National Park .
Location and structure
The Radohima rises between the Shala valley and the valley of the Cem i Nikçit . It forms the southeastern end of Bjeshkët e Namuna , a rugged karst , deserted and practically waterless mountain range, of which it is the highest point. The Radohima is a massive block with numerous secondary peaks. The main peak Maja e Radohimës has a flat ridge in the summit region, giving the impression of a large knoll. The flanks, on the other hand, are steep: on the east side, the Radohima drops very steeply over 1500 meters into the Shala valley. On the west side, the difference in altitude is less.
The mountain consists entirely of dolomite limestone . In the karst area there are two large sinkholes or poljes : in the west of the Radohima the two one-kilometer Livadhet e Bogës at an altitude of around 1800 meters, on the southern flank the smaller Gropa e Radohimës at less than 2000 meters altitude, the one between the Lies southwest and south trending ridges. Between this sinkhole and the Shala valley rises an approximately 2313 meter high pre-summit.
The Radohima is also home to numerous caves. Bulgarian speleologists have explored a cave more than 500 meters deep, the entrance of which they found at an altitude of 2225 meters. Mighty karst springs arise at the foot of the mountain in the Shala valley .
Early ascents
The Hungarian Baron Franz von Nopcsa inquired about the northern Albanian Alps in 1907 in order to record them geologically. He and two Albanian companions also climbed the Radohima, which he had taken to be the highest point of the mountains.
“[…] And on August 26th I started to climb the Maja e Kozhnjes, which is also called Maja e Radohimës on my map, the culmination point of the western Prokletijen. The tour went well without incident, but it was already quite arduous from Okol. The last part of the ascent on the south side of the mountain colossus could only be taken with mortal danger, as we faced an almost vertical wall, furrowed only by a few deep water grooves. In this situation, Lek Curri, whose dexterity was admirable, proved himself very well. […] He climbed ahead in particularly smooth places and pulled up our belongings, me and Sadri Luka, one after the other. Among the three of us, I wasn't the only one who was happy when, late in the afternoon, we had happily escaped the smooth, horrible rock face and, tired and hungry, reached the long, narrow ridge that jutted into the air. To my disappointment, the aneroid was only 2430 m. In 1906 my altitude was 2800 m. valued and considered it to be the culmination point of Northern Albania. "
The following day he climbed the mountain again over the northeast ridge to continue his geological investigations.
The next climbers were probably Italian surveyors who erected a large stone man on the summit in the late 1920s. They were followed as the first “tourist” mountaineers by the Austrians Georg Heinsheimer, Heid, Egon Hofmann and Heinrich Schatz from Innsbruck and Linz in the summer of 1930. In the following year another Austrian mountaineering group passed the summit. In 1933 the Austrians Lothar Fink and Rudl Tinsobin from Kar Livadhi i Bogës climbed the north face in as direct a fall line as possible.
"[...] we [...] climbed into the next notch directly at the start of the Radohines ridge and looked up expectantly. But it was only gravel; a miserable gravel ridge. Only a very modest, short piece of ridge, hardly moderately difficult, spiced up the ascent a little. In half an hour we were on the summit, which carried the stone man of Italian surveying. "
Neighboring mountains
The Radohima forms a ridge running from northeast to southwest, in the further course of which there are many other high mountain peaks, including the Maja e Thatë ( 2541 m above sea level ) and the Maja e Livadhit ( 2493 m above sea level ) in the west . , in the northeast the Maja e Vishnjës ( 2517 m above sea level ), the Arapi ( 2217 m above sea level ), the Maja e Madhe ( 2552 m above sea level ), the Maja e Langojve ( 2502 m above sea level) . ) and the peaks of Karanfili ( 2490 m. i. J. ), which are already in Montenegro. Another, less prominent and smaller ridge descends to the south and later separates the valleys of the Shala and the Përroi i Thatë , where it is overcome by the pass Qafa e Thorës .
literature
- Rudolf Leutelt: The Radohines group in the northern Albanian Alps . In: Swiss Alpine Club (ed.): The Alps. Les Alpes. Le Alpi . Volume 8. Bern 1932, p. 179-185 .
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ In many other sources the altitude is 2570 m above sea level. A. noted, for example in: Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH : Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar . Tirana 1985
Individual evidence
- ↑ Albanian military map 1: 50,000 "K-34-52-C". 2nd edition, Tirana 1988
- ↑ a b c Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH (ed.): Gjeografia fizike e Shqipërisë . tape 2 : Vështrim fiziko-gjeografik krahinor. Tirana 1991.
- ↑ Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH (ed.): Fjalor enciklopedik shqiptar . Tirana 1985.
- ^ Expedition Radohines 2011. October 3, 2011, accessed on April 9, 2012 (English).
- ^ A b Franz von Nopcsa : Travel to the Balkans. The memoirs of Franz Baron Nopcsa. Ed .: Robert Elsie . Dukagjini, Peja 2001 ( online copy of the book (PDF; 1.6 MB) ( Memento from December 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed April 14, 2013]).
- ↑ 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 .
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^ Haid, Georg Heinsheimer, Egon Hofmann , Heinrich Schatz: North Albanian Mountains . Trip reports. In: Österreichischer Alpenklub (Ed.): Österreichische Alpenzeitung . Volume 52, series 1103. Vienna November 1930, p. 199 f . ;
Egon Hofmann: Albania Expedition 1931 . In: Österreichischer Alpenklub (Ed.): Österreichische Alpenzeitung . Volume 53, series 1105. Vienna January 1931, p. 327 f . - ^ Rudolf Leutelt: The Radohines group in the northern Albanian Alps . In: Swiss Alpine Club (ed.): The Alps. Les Alpes. Le Alpi . Volume 8. Bern 1932, p. 179-185 .