Grykat e Hapëta
Grykat e Hapëta seen from Valbona Valley
Highest point
Elevation2,625 m (8,612 ft)
Prominence822 m (2,697 ft)
Isolation8.187 km (5.087 mi)
Coordinates42°24′31″N 19°54′15″E / 42.408518°N 19.904103°E / 42.408518; 19.904103
Naming
English translationOpen Gorges
Geography
Grykat e Hapëta is located in Albania
Grykat e Hapëta
Grykat e Hapëta
Country Albania
RegionNorthern Mountain Region
MunicipalityTropojë
Parent rangeAccursed Mountains
Borders onMaja e Brijasit
Geology
Age of rockTriassic
Mountain typemassif
Type of rocklimestone, dolomite

Grykat e Hapëta (lit.'Open Gorges') is a massif in the Albanian Alps, part of the Zhaborret mountain range, within the limits of Tropojë municipality. Its highest peak, Maja e Grykës së Hapët, reaches a height of 2,625 m (8,612 ft), making it the highest peak in the range.[1]

Geology

The peak lies between the upper part of the Valbona Valley in the north and the Nikaj Valley in the south, continuing with the ridges of Zhaborre from the west and the pass of Droçë in the southeast, which separates it from Mali i Hekurave. Composed primarily of Triassic limestone and dolomite, it has the shape of a conical trunk with very steep slopes, forming cliffs 700-800 m deep. Around its core rise four other peaks at a height of over 2400 m. Grykat e Hapëta are mostly devoid of vegetation.[2]

See also

References

  1. Kabo, Mevlan (1991). Gjeografia Fizike e Shqipërisë (1.2 ed.). Tiranë: Qendra e Studimeve Gjeografike. p. 592.
  2. Buda, Aleks (1985). Fjalori Enciklopedik Shqiptar. Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH. p. 1248.
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