Vermosh

Vermosh
Village
View over Vermosh to the East
Vermosh
Coordinates: 42°35′34″N 19°40′50″E / 42.59278°N 19.68056°E / 42.59278; 19.68056Coordinates: 42°35′34″N 19°40′50″E / 42.59278°N 19.68056°E / 42.59278; 19.68056
Country	Albania
County	Shkodër
Municipality	Malësi e Madhe
Administrative Unit	Kelmend
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Vermosh (definite form Vermoshi) is the northernmost village of Albania, located in the former Kelmend municipality. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe. The village lies in a valley of the Prokletije, along a river with the same name.

Vermosh is part of the Bjeshkët e Nâmuna ("Accursed Mountains" in English, Prokletije (gore) in Montenegrin, a mountain range in Northern Albania that extends to western Kosovo and Eastern Montenegro and the highest point of which, Maja Jezercë, lies 18.8 kilometers (12 miles) south of Vermosh, in the Theth and Valbona National Park.

Vermosh comprises the quarters of Pjetroja (also known as Qendra, "the center"), Velan, Bashkim ("junction", incl. the Lepushë valley), Velipojë, and Maliaj. When first explored it was called Bjeshkët e Seljanave.

Its mountain pastures are called Seferçe, Smutirogë, Lugu i Dolit, Përbicë, Greben, etc.

Vermosh is the place of the border crossing with Montenegro near Vjeternik on the road from Shkodër (95 km (59 mi) away) and Koplik to Gusinje and Plav in Montenegro.

Vermosh extends around the 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) of the Vermosh river (Lumi i Vermoshit in Albanian) which belong to Albania. The Vermosh river appears under the Montenegrin name of Vrmoša below the Maglič peak in the Kuči area of eastern Montenegro, just before running into Albania. It re-enters Montenegro at Vjeternik under the name of Grnčar. Receiving the stream Vruje from the right in Guci/Gusinje, it continues as the Ljuča for a few more kilometers where it empties into the Lake Plav (Plavsko blato in Montenegrin), creating a small delta. There it flows out of the lake to the north, next to the mountain Visitor, under the name Lim for the remaining 197 kilometers (122 miles) through Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it joins the Drina at the Višegrad reservoir.