Żabia Grań
| Żabia Grań | ||
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 View from the Bergsee Meerauge (detail) |
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| height | 2259 m npm | |
| location | Poland , Slovakia | |
| Mountains | High Tatras , Carpathian Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 11 '17 " N , 20 ° 5' 23" E | |
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The Żabia Grań is a mountain massif in the Polish High Tatras in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and the Bukowina Tatrzańska municipality with a maximum altitude of 2259 m npm in the Żabi Szczyt Wyżni . The Polish- Slovak border runs along the ridge .
Location and surroundings
Below the massif lie the Dolina Białki and Dolina Rybiego Potoku valleys . The massif borders on the mountain pass Ciężka Przełączka with the massif of the Rysy in the south.
The course of the ridge of the massif from the Ciężka Przełączka mountain pass to the Dolina Białki valley is as follows:
- Summit Żabi Szczyt Wyżni - 2259 m above sea level
- Białczańska Przełęcz Wyżnia mountain pass - 2085 m above sea level
- Żabi Mnich summit - 2146 m above sea level
- Żabie Wrótka mountain pass - 2085 m above sea level
- Summit Owcze Turniczki - 2040 m above sea level
- Owcza Przełęcz mountain pass - 2038 m above sea level
- Summit Marusarzowa Turnia - 2075 m above sea level
- Marusarzowa Przełączka mountain pass - 2060 m above sea level
- Peak Grań Apostolov - (Acts VII)
- Apostolska Szczerbina mountain pass
- Summit Żabi Szczyt Nižní - 2098 m above sea level
- Przełączka pod Żabią Czubą mountain pass - 2031 m above sea level
- Żabia Czuba summit - 2080 m above sea level
- Żabi Przechód Białczański mountain pass - 2031 m above sea level
- Summit Siedem Granatów - 2080 m above sea level
There are several caves in the slopes, u. a. Wielka Żabia Szpara and Dziura w Żabiem .
etymology
The name Żabia Grań can be translated as frog ridge . Sometimes you can also find the name Żabie ridge . The name comes from the nearby frog ponds.
Flora and fauna
The Żabia Grań is a retreat for bears, chamois and marmots. Even before the Second World War , it was a strictly protected nature reserve and is thus protected longer than the Tatra National Park , which was only founded in 1954.
tourism
Before the First World War , one of the most popular shepherd's and hiking trails in the High Tatras, the Popod Żabiem, ran from the Łysa Polana alpine pasture to the Meerauge mountain lake on the Żabia Grań . The path was closed in 1920 because it was on both sides of the Polish-Czechoslovak border. Since then, the ascent has been on the Oswald-Balzer-Weg to the west . Since then, the area has been a strict nature reserve. It is not accessible to hikers. However, some of the peaks can be climbed with the permission of the national park administration.
supporting documents
- Zofia Radwańska-Paryska, Witold Henryk Paryski, Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska, Poronin, Wyd. Górskie, 2004, ISBN 83-7104-009-1 .
- Tatry Wysokie słowackie i polskie. Mapa turystyczna 1: 25.000, Warszawa, 2005/06, Polkart, ISBN 83-87873-26-8 .