Nerodimka (mountain)

Nerodimka
Nerodimka Kosovo and central Serbia
Elevation	1,721 m (5,646 ft) [verification needed]
Location
Range	42.309626,20.985253
Coordinates	42°18′35″N 20°59′07″E / 42.30972°N 20.98528°E / 42.30972; 20.98528Coordinates: 42°18′35″N 20°59′07″E / 42.30972°N 20.98528°E / 42.30972; 20.98528

The Nerodimka (Serbian: Неродимка Планина, Nerodimka planina, Albanian: Mali i Nerodimës) is a mountain located in the south of Kosovo^[a]. It is named either after the Serbian legend of the woman who can't deliver a baby, (Serbian: Неродимка, Nerodimka, meaning "woman who can`t give birth").^[1][2][3] The mountain has two high peaks, Bukova Glava 1,721 m (5,646 ft) and Kurkulica 1,549 m (5,082 ft).^{[verification needed]}

Geography

The Nerodimka mountain is just a few kilometres north of the Šar Mountains, only split by the Sirinić Valley. Nerodimka forms a continuous range with mountains of Žar planina and Jezerska planina. In the mountain originates the Nerodimka river, a left tributary of the Lepenac. Many small streams originate on the mountain and then flow downwards to meet the Lepenac.

Cities, towns and villages

Cities located near the mountain are:

• Uroševac (north-east)

Towns located near the mountain are:

• Mušutište (west)
• Grebno (east)
• Štrpce (south)

Villages located near the mountain are:

• Gornje Nerodimlje (north-east)
• Jererc (north)
• Bukosh (west)
• Gaçkë (south-east)
• Brezovica (south)

Notes

a.	^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 85 UN member states.

References

1. ^ http://sci.tech-archive.net/pdf/Archive/sci.lang/2007-12/msg00968.pdf
2. ^ Nerodimka story, from the Politika newspaper. In Serbian.
3. ^ Tale about Serbian royal Castle of Nerodimlje.