Šar Mountains

42°N 20.7333°E / 42; 20.7333

Šar Mountains
Sharr Mountains
Titov Vrv (back) and Small Turk (front), the tallest peaks of Šar Mountains
Highest point
PeakTitov Vrv, North Macedonia
Elevation2,748 m (9,016 ft)
Geography
LocationNorth MacedoniaPolog Valley
KosovoDistrict of Prizren
AlbaniaKukës and Dibër Counties
Countries

The Šar Mountains (Serbian and Macedonian: Шар Планина, romanized: Šar Planina; colloquially also Шара, romanized: Šara) or Sharr Mountains (Albanian: Malet e Sharrit) is a mountain range extending from southern Kosovo, to northwestern North Macedonia, to northeastern Albania. The sections in Kosovo, and in North Macedonia are national parks. Rugged and barren, the mountains are among the highest in the Balkans, with 30 peaks higher than 2,500 m (8,202 ft).

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