Velika Rudoka (
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and sr-cyr, Велика Рудока; sq, Maja e Njeriut, Rudoka e Madhe) is the highest
peak of the Rudoka Mountain, situated in the
Šar Mountains range, exactly on the border between
Kosovo and
North Macedonia. With the altitude of 2,660 metres (8,727 feet),
it is the highest mountain of Kosovo and also the highest mountain of Serbia according to the
view held by the government of Serbia. In some older sources, the altitude was stated to be 2,658 metres,
but newer measurements showed that the true altitude is 2 metres higher.
The Rudoka Mountain is situated between Šar Planina and
Vrace, southwest of
Tetovo. The
mountain range lies in a southwest to northeasterly direction, neighbouring Borislavec. The eastern slopes are very steep. The western slopes lightly descend into Šar Planina. Few waters are present on the mountain and there are few
valleys. Two lakes are on Rudoka: Crno jezero (Black lake) and Belo jezero (White lake). The Mazdrača, a
stream
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which flows into the
Vardar, has its
source in Crno jezero.
It is a common
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that the highest mountain in Kosovo is
Gjeravica at . This was stated even in the 2020 Statistical Yearbook of Serbia, and some Serbian schoolbooks.
The 2021 edition of the Statistical Yearbook of Serbia corrected the info,
naming Velika Rudoka the highest peak, as did the 2021 edition of the Geography schoolbook for Serbian elementary schools.
The 2021 edition of the Statistical Yearbook of Kosovo still states that Gjeravica is the highest mountain.
It has been known that Velika Rudoka is the higher of the two mountains since at least 1972, when the Topographical Map of Yugoslavia was published. According to Sava Stanković,
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, the misconception started because of unclear boundaries between the
Socialist Republic of Macedonia
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and the
Socialist Republic of Serbia
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. The border was conclusively
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only after
the breakup of Yugoslavia by a treaty
between the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the
Republic of Macedonia signed in
Skopje on 23 February 2001.
Notes
References
External links
Velika Rudoka on countryhighpoints.com
{{Highest points of Europe
Mountains of Kosovo
Mountains of Serbia
Two-thousanders of Kosovo
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Highest points of countries
Šar Mountains