Gjeravica

Đeravica
Đeravica
Gjeravica
	Đeravica.
Highest point
Elevation	2,656 m (8,714 ft)
Isolation	28.71 km (17.84 mi)
Listing	Country high point
Naming
Pronunciation	pronunciation Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [dʑɛraʋitsa]; Albanian pronunciation: [ɟɛɾavitsa]
Geography
	Đeravica Location of Đeravica (on the Serbian-Albanian border).
Location	Serbia[a]
Parent range	Prokletije

Đeravica (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђеравица, Albanian: Gjeravica) is the second highest mountain peak in the Prokletije region and the Dinaric Alps chain. It has an altitude of 2,656 m (8,714 ft), although it could be 2,667 metres (8,750 ft) as new GPS readings say.^{[citation needed]}. Its precise location occupies a region shrouded in political controversy concerning sovereignty, as it forms a part of a national border to which the legal status is subject to dispute. The Republic of Kosovo^[a] views this region where Đeravica lies as forming its national border with Albania. Serbia in turn considers the territory of Kosovo an integral part of its land and therefore recognises the region where Đeravica lies as being Albania's border with Serbia.

National importance

Between 1992 and 2006, it was the highest mountain peak in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and then in the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.^[1] It is the highest point in Kosovo for all purposes regarding the entity but ranks second in Albania with which it shares its peak.

Features

It is somewhat different from the rest of the Prokletije mountains because of the lack of a stony, limestone texture the mountains in Prokletije have.^{[citation needed]} Many large and small glacial lakes can be found near the summit. The largest of the lakes is Đeravica Lake which is just under the summit and is the origin of the Erenik river.

Đeravica and the Prokletije are mostly known for the growth of Chestnuts.^{[citation needed]} There are also wild strawberries growing in Đeravica during the summer.^{[citation needed]}