Silesian Beskids

Silesian Beskids
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°E / 49.68333; 19.05000Coordinates: 49°41′0″N 19°3′0″E / 49.68333°N 19.05000°E / 49.68333; 19.05000 
Geography
Countries Poland and Czech Republic
Parent range Outer Western Carpathians
Western Beskids
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
  • Małe Skrzyczne (1,211 m)
  • Wierch Wisełka (1,192 m)
  • Równiański Wierch (1,160 m)
  • Zielony Kopiec (1,152 m)
  • Malinowska Skała (1,152 m)
  • Magurka Wiślańska (1,140 m)
  • Klimczok (1,117 m)
  • Malinów (1,115 m)
  • Magura (1,109 m)
  • Magurka Radziechowska (1,108 m)
  • Trzy Kopce (1,082 m)
  • Stołów (1,035 m)
  • Glinne (1,034 m)
  • Przysłop (1,029 m)
  • Szyndzielnia (1,028 m)
  • Muronka (1,021 m)
  • Jaworzyna (1,020 m)
  • Kościelec (1,019 m)
  • Czantoria Wielka (995 m) - the highest mountain of the Czech part of the range
  • Kiczory (990 m)
  • Stożek Wielki (978 m)
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.


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