Šar Mountains
| Šar Mountains | |
|---|---|
| Sharr Mountains | |
Titov Vrv (back) and Small Turk (front), the tallest peaks of Šar Mountains | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Titov Vrv, North Macedonia |
| Elevation | 2,748 m (9,016 ft) |
| Naming | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Kukës and Dibër Counties – Albania Ferizaj and Prizren Districts – Kosovo |
| Countries | |
| Range coordinates | 42°00′00″N 20°44′00″E / 42°N 20.7333°E |
The Šar Mountains (Macedonian: Шар Планина, romanized: Šar Planina; Serbian: Шар-планина / Šar-planina; colloquially also Šara, Cyrillic: Шара) or Sharr Mountains (Albanian: Malet e Sharrit, pronounced [malɛt ɛ ʃarit]) is a mountain range in Southeast Europe, extending into several countries from southern Kosovo, to northwestern North Macedonia, to northeastern Albania. The sections in Kosovo (Sharr Mountains National Park) and North Macedonia (Šar Planina National Park) 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).