Jablanica (mountain range)

Jablanica ( ; ) is a mountain range in Southern and Southeastern Europe, stretching north-south direction across the border of Albania and North Macedonia.
The long mountain ridge is higher than for approximately , while the highest part, located in its very center, is Black Stone at high. Both countries have 50% of the mountain, Albania the west and North Macedonia the east. Jablanica Mountain contains many large mountain lakes. Shebenik mountain is located just to the west of Jablanica and give name to the Shebenik-Jabllanice National Park. The closest towns to Jablanica are Librazhd in Albania and Struga in North Macedonia.
The mountain range is one of the few places in the Balkans that hold the Balkan lynx ("Lynx lynx martinoi"), a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx ("Lynx lynx"). The total number of this vulnerable species is estimated at below 100 individuals.