Llogara Pass

{{Short description|Pass in Albania}}

{{see also|Llogara National Park}}

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| location = Orikum and Vlorë, Albania

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| established = 1966{{cite book|title=Lonely Planet Southeastern Europe|date=September 2013|publisher=Lonely Planet, 2013|isbn=9781743217900|edition=Lonely Planet, Marika McAdam, James Bainbridge, Mark Baker, Peter Dragicevich, Mark Elliott, Tom Masters, Craig McLachlan, Anja Mutic, Tamara Sheward|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JXXyAAAAQBAJ&q=national+park+llogara+1966&pg=PT129}}

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The Llogara Pass ({{langx|sq|Qafa e Llogarasë}}); (also Llogora in local dialect) is a high mountain pass within the Ceraunian Mountains along the Albanian Riviera. It connects the Dukat Valley in the north with Himarë in the south. Orikum is the nearest city on the northern side of the pass and the village of Dhërmi in the south.

The Llogara Pass is also part of the Llogara National Park, which spans an area of {{convert|10.1|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|title=Geotourism development in the protected area LlogaraKaraburun|url=https://geotur.tuke.sk/pdf/2016/n02/01_Dollma_v7_n2.pdf|website=geotur.tuke.sk|page=1|language=English}}{{cite web|title=The assessment and project idea to improve landscape of the National Park of "Llogara"|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287646388|website=researchgate.net|language=English}} In November 1912, during the Himara revolt a Greek unit was positioned on the Llogara in order to defend the region of Himara from Ottoman-Albanian attacks from the direction of Vlorë.{{cite book|editor-last=Gedeon|editor-first=Dimitrios|title=A concise history of the Balkan Wars, 1912-1913|date=1998|publisher=Hellenic Army General Staff|location=Athens|isbn=9607897072|edition=1.udg.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ci9pAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=6 September 2016}}