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Qafa e Valbones
- Tonight
- 0°CPartly cloudy · Wind 5 km/h NW
Qafa e Valbones is a mountain pass at 1,784 m in Albania.
All facts
- Saddle
- 1,784 m
- Lowest point
- 766 m / 1,087 m
Qafa e Valbones: the climb from each side
No mapped road or trail crosses the saddle.
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Qafa e Valbones 3D map
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Qafa e Valbones terrain and contours
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Qafa e Valbones elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Qafa e Valbones weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 5 km/h NW
Qafa e Valbones forecast for about 1,784 m.
- Tonight0°–5 km/h NW
- Today0°10°6.9 mm9 km/h SW
- Sun0°9°–8 km/h S
- Mon-3°7°–13 km/h NE
- Tue-5°5°–10 km/h NE
- Wed-4°2°–12 km/h NE
- Thu-2°6°–10 km/h N
- Fri-1°5°–9 km/h N
- Sat-2°3°9.6 mm5 km/h NE
- Sun-5°3°0.5 mm5 km/h NE
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 49.9% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 2,108 m low point 568 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 4 km of Qafa e Valbones.
Summit list 4
- 1Maja e Boshit2,414 m 2.5 km SSE
- 2Maja Alijes2,471 m 2.5 km NW
- 3Maja Popluqes2,569 m 2.8 km NNW
- 4Jezercë2,694 m 4.0 km N
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 621 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Common Wall Lizard77
- Green Lizard40
- Kabschia saxifrage26
- Red-backed Shrike24
- Eight-petal Mountain-Avens21
- European Rose Chafer19
Where Qafa e Valbones sits
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- Dinaric Alps20Accursed Mountains4
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- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)