Accursed Mountains

Accursed Mountains
Albanian Alps
The Accursed Mountains, with the range's highest peak Maja Jezercë in the distance.
Highest point
Peak	Maja Jezercë, Albania
Elevation	2,694 m (8,839 ft)
Coordinates	42°27′19″N 19°48′11″E / 42.4552003°N 19.8029854°E / 42.4552003; 19.8029854
Naming
Native name	Bjeshkët e Nemuna (Albanian) Проклетије / Prokletije (Serbo-Croatian)
Geography
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Countries	Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro
Parent range	Dinaric Alps

The Accursed Mountains (Albanian: Bjeshkët e Nemuna; Serbo-Croatian: Проклетије, Prokletije, pronounced [prɔklɛ̌tijɛ]; both translated as "Cursed Mountains"), also known as the Albanian Alps (Albanian: Alpet Shqiptare; Serbo-Croatian: Албански Алпи, Albanski Alpi),^[1] is a mountain range in coastal Southeast Europe adjacent to the Adriatic Sea. It is the southernmost subrange of the 1,000-kilometre-long (621 mi) Dinaric Alps range (Dinarides), extending from northern Albania to western Kosovo and northeastern Montenegro. Maja Jezercë, standing at 2,694 m (8,839 ft), is the highest point of the Accursed Mountains and of all Dinaric Alps, and the fifth highest peak in Albania. The range includes the mountain Zla Kolata, which, at 2,534 m (8,314 ft), is the tallest mountain in Montenegro. The range also includes the mountain Gjeravica, which, at 2,656 m (8,714 ft), is the second tallest mountain in Kosovo. One of the southernmost glacial masses in Europe was discovered in the Albanian part of the range in 2009.^[2]