Saybuscher Beskids
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Babia Góra (German Weiberberg) |
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Highest peak | Babia Góra ( 1725 m npm ) | |
location | Poland | |
part of | West Beskids | |
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Coordinates | 49 ° 32 ′ N , 19 ° 19 ′ E |
The Saybuscher Beskids ( Polish Beskid Żywiecki ) are a mountain range of the West Beskids in Poland .
geography
The Saybuscher Beskids extend southwest of the city of Żywiec in the border area between Poland and Slovakia. The adjacent mountains on the Slovak side are Kysucké Beskydy ( Kischützer Beskydy ) and Oravské Beskydy .
To the northwest, the Saybuscher Beskids merge into the Kotlina Żywiecka ( Saybuscher Basin ) and to the north into the Beskid Mały ( Little Beskids ) and Beskid Makowski ( Central Beskids ). In the west, the Przełęcz Zwardońska ( Zwardońer Pass ) forms the border with Zwardoń and the Silesian Beskids .
The highest elevations are:
- Babia Góra / Diablak ( 1725 m npm ).
- Gówniak ( 1617 m npm )
- Pilsko ( 1557 m npm )
Other important elevations: Mała Babia Góra / Cyl ( 1515 m npm ), Polica ( 1369 m npm ), Sokolica ( 1367 m npm ), Romanka ( 1366 m npm ), Lipowski Wierch ( 1324 m npm ), Wielka Racza ( 1236 m npm ), Wielka Rycerzowa ( 1226 m npm ).
The Saybuscher Beskids can be divided into the following mountain ridges:
- Western part between Zwardoń Pass and Głuchaczki Pass:
- Wielka Racza Group ( Grupa Wielkiej Raczy ), also known as the Racza Sack ( Worek Raczański )
- Nest of the Pilsko, Romanka and Lipowski Wierch ( Gniazdo Pilska, Romanki i Lipowskiego Wierchu )
- Eastern part:
- Babia Góra comb ( Pasmo Babiogórskie ), with a polica comb
- Orawa-Podhale Comb ( Pasmo Orawsko-Podhalańskie )
Protected areas
In 1954 the Babia Góra National Park was established.
The Saybusche Landscape Protection Park was founded in 1986 and has an area of 358.70 km².
literature
- Stanisław Figiel, Urszula Janicka-Krzywda, Piotr Krzywda, Wojciech W. Wiśniewski: Beskid Żywiecki. Przewodnik . Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz", Pruszków 2006, ISBN 83-8918859-7 (Polish).