Silesian Beskids
Silesian Beskids | |
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Beskid Śląski, Slezské Beskydy | |
![]() View of Skrzyczne from the watchtower on Barania Góra | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Skrzyczne |
Elevation | 1,257 m (4,124 ft) |
Coordinates | 49°41′0″N 19°3′0″E / 49.68333°N 19.05000°ECoordinates: 49°41′0″N 19°3′0″E / 49.68333°N 19.05000°E |
Geography | |
Countries | Poland and Czech Republic |
Parent range | Outer Western Carpathians Western Beskids |
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Panorama of the Silesian Beskids (Wisła)
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Shepherds in Silesian Beskids
Silesian Beskids (Polish: Beskid Śląski, Czech:
Slezské Beskydy, German: Schlesische Beskiden) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.
Most of the range lies in Poland. It is separated from the Moravian-Silesian Beskids by the Jablunkov Pass.
The Polish part of the range includes the protected area called Silesian Beskids Landscape Park.
The highest mountains[]
Silesian Beskids have 20 mountains with a highest point above 1000 m, including three above 1200 m and nine above 1100 m.
- Skrzyczne (1,257 m) - the highest mountain
- Barania Góra (1,220 m) - the highest mountain of the Polish part of Upper Silesia
- (1,211 m)
- (1,192 m)
- (1,160 m)
- (1,152 m)
- (1,152 m)
- (1,140 m)
- (1,117 m)
- (1,115 m)
- (1,109 m)
- (1,108 m)
- (1,082 m)
- (1,035 m)
- (1,034 m)
- (1,029 m)
- (1,028 m)
- (1,021 m)
- (1,020 m)
- (1,019 m)
- Czantoria Wielka (995 m) - the highest mountain of the Czech part of the range
- (990 m)
- Stożek Wielki (978 m)
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Panorama of the Silesian Beskids
See also[]
References[]
- Cicha, Irena (2007). Beskidzkie gronie nad Olzą i Wisłą. Czeski Cieszyn: Vydavatelství Regio. ISBN 978-80-254-0261-0.
External links[]
- (in Polish) Regional Tourist Service
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- Cieszyn Silesia
- Mountain ranges of the Czech Republic
- Mountain ranges of Poland
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