Sharr Mountains

Šar Mountains
Sharr Mountains
Šar Mountains as seen from Macedonia
Highest point
Peak	Titov Vrv (Macedonia)
Elevation	2,748 m (9,016 ft)
Geography
Location	Macedonia-Polog Valley Albania-Dibër County Kosovo

Sharr Mountains National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Typical landscape.
Area	534.69 km2 (206.44 sq mi)
Established	1986

Coordinates: 42°00′00″N 20°44′00″E / 42°N 20.7333°E / 42; 20.7333

The Šar Mountains (Macedonian and Serbian: Шар планина/Šar planina) or Sharr Mountains (Albanian: Malet e Sharrit), form a mountain range in the Balkans that extends from Kosovo and the northwest of the Republic of Macedonia, to northeastern Albania. The mountain is colloquially called Šara and forms part of a national park in Kosovo.

In Antiquity, the mountains were known as Scardus, Scodrus, or Scordus (το Σκάρδον ὂρος in Polybius and Ptolemy). which evolved into its modern name. In the early 16th century, it was recorded that the mountain was called Catena mundi (Latin for "the chains of the world").

Sometimes the range is called Carska planina ("Tsar's mountain"), as a reference to the capitals (Prizren and Skopje), courts (Nerodimlje, Pauni, Svrčin, etc.) and monasteries (Monastery of the Holy Archangels) of the Serbian Empire located in the region.