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Shkëlzen

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Shkëlzen (lit. 'To shine') is a massif situated in the Albanian Alps, bounded by the Tropojë river valley to the northeast, the Gashi river valley to the southwest and the Tropojë basin to the southeast. Its highest of the two peaks, Maja e Shkëlzenit, reaches a height of 2,407 m (7, 897 ft).

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