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Limestone pavement (lapiez) on Subra, with waymarking (Route 1)

Further to the southeast lie the high, wild and sometimes quite remote mountain areas along the Albanian border, at the headwaters of the River Tara and the River Lim. Komovi (Route 11), which lies just south of Bjelasica, is a relatively compact area, reaching its highest in Kom Kučki (2487m). South of Komovi and slightly lower in altitude is the rugged and very little visited Kučka krajina (Route 12, also called Žijevo). To the east of these, across the northern tip of Albania, lies Prokletije (Routes 14–17), a heavily glaciated area with a steep, Alpine profile, including Maja Kolata (2528m), the highest mountain in Montenegro. (Altitude increases over the Albanian border, where Maja Jezerces reaches 2694m.) Visitor (Route 13) rises above Lake Plav, on the northern edge of Prokletije.

For a list of the principal mountain areas and major peaks in Montenegro, see Appendix A.

Geology

The mountains of Montenegro were formed during the violent geological activity of the late Secondary and early Tertiary eras, and are primarily composed of Jurassic and Triassic limestone. The zone northeast of Pivsko jezero, the upper Morača and the headwaters of the Tara was formed by a large overthrust (or ‘nappe’), and it is this area which contains many of the country’s highest mountains.