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Shkëlzen

2,407 m7,897 ft

Prominence: 384 m1,261 ft
Isolation: 6.6 km
Tonight: -1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 4 km/h W

Shkëlzen is a 2,407 m (7,897 ft) mountain in the Accursed Mountains, Kukës County, Albania.

All facts

Elevation: 2,407 m · 7,897 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mali i Hekurave (2,559 m)
Range: Accursed Mountains
Region: Kukës County, Albania
Coordinates: 42.4571° N, 20.1285° E

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3D map

Shkëlzen 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Shkëlzen terrain and contours

100 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Shkëlzen elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Shkëlzen weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · Wind 4 km/h W

Shkëlzen forecast for the summit, about 2,407 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 553 m.

Tonight-1°–4 km/h WBase 10°
Today-1°6°3.7 mm9 km/h SBase 11 / 17°
Sun-1°4°0.1 mm8 km/h SEBase 10 / 15°
Mon-7°2°–11 km/h NEBase 4 / 13°
Tue-9°1°–8 km/h NEBase 2 / 12°
Wed-6°-2°–8 km/h NEBase 5 / 9°
Thu-4°2°–7 km/h NBase 7 / 13°
Fri-3°0°0.4 mm5 km/h NBase 8 / 11°
Sat-4°-1°6.7 mm3 km/h NBase 7 / 10°
Sun-8°-3°1.2 mm3 km/h NEBase 3 / 8°

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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

7.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

30.7%

Steep, 30–45°

45.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

17.0%

Steeper than 30°: 62.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,847 m low point 553 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 67.1%Trees 30.7%Bare rock / sparse 2.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Shkëlzen summit.

Summit list 5

1Maja Konës2,135 m 1.5 km WNW
2Maja Gllazhnicës2,025 m 1.6 km NE
3Maja Preshit2,167 m 2.2 km NNW
4Maja Bubrek2,215 m 2.9 km SW
5Maja Shpuem1,653 m 3.0 km WNW

Where it sits

Where Shkëlzen sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Skadar6 m74 km WSW

Downloads

Shkëlzen downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGShkëlzen satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-07.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,400 m at the summit; the official height is 2,407 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,407 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,400 m	-7 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,378 m	-29 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-07)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia