Mount Lunxhëri is a mountain in southern
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
in the geographical region of
Southern Albanian Highlands. Its highest elevation is 2,156 m.
[Soviet military ma]
K-34-137-В
(1:50,000) Its orientation is northwest to southeast. The valley of the river
Drino
The Drino or Drinos ( sq, Drino, el, Δρίνος) is a river in southern Albania and northwestern Greece, tributary of the Vjosë. Its source is in the northwestern part of the Ioannina regional unit, near the village Delvinaki. It flows init ...
, with the city
Gjirokastër
Gjirokastër (, sq-definite, Gjirokastra) is a List of cities and towns in Albania, city in the Republic of Albania and the seat of Gjirokastër County and Gjirokastër Municipality. It is located in a valley between the Gjerë mountains and th ...
, lies to its southwest. The
Zagori
Zagori ( el, Ζαγόρι; rup, Zagori), is a region and a municipality in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, in northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Asprangeloi. It has an area of some and contains 46 villages known as ...
region lies to its east. It is part of the mountain chain
Shëndelli-Lunxhëri-
Bureto chain, which goes parallel to the
Trebeshinë-
Dhembel-
Nemërçkë chain. The mount has the same name of the region of
Lunxhëri.
References
Mountains of Albania
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