Island Beskids

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Island Beskids
View from the Mogielica with the Tatras in the background

View from the Mogielica with the Tatras in the background

Highest peak Mogielica ( 1170  m npm )
location Poland
part of West Beskids
Beskids Island (Poland)
Island Beskids
Coordinates 49 ° 39 ′  N , 20 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′  N , 20 ° 17 ′  E
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The Beskid Island ( Polish Beskid Wyspowy ) are a mountain range of the West Beskids in Poland . The name is derived from the island-like peaks lying far apart.

geography

The island Beskids have an area of ​​about 1000 km². In the south they border on the Gorce and the Sandezer Beskids ( Beskid Sądecki ), in the east on the Rożnow foothills ( Pogórze Rożnowskie ), in the north on the Wiśnica foothills ( Pogórze Wiśnickie ), in the west on the Beskid Makowski (Central Beskids) and the Saybus Beskydy Mountains .

The highest peaks are: Mogielica (1170 m), Ćwilin (1072 m), Jasień (1052 m), Modyń (1029 m), Luboń Wielki (1022 m), Krzystonów (1012 m), Kiczora Kamienicka (1007 m), Wielki Wierch (1007 m), Śnieżnica (1007 m), Szczebel (977 m), Lubogoszcz (968 m).

literature

  • Dariusz Gacek: Beskid Wyspowy. Przewodnik . Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz", Pruszków 2012, ISBN 978-83-62460-25-0 (Polish).

Web links

Commons : Beskid Wyspowy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Island Beskids  - Travel Guide
  • Adam Kapturkiewicz: Granice Beskidu Wyspowego. In: strefa.pl. 2004, archived from the original on February 4, 2009 (Polish, The borders of the Beskid Islands).;