West Beskids promontory
West Beskids promontory | ||
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Highest peak | Barnasiówka ( 566 m npm ) | |
location | Poland | |
part of | Western Carpathians | |
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Coordinates | 49 ° 50 ′ N , 19 ° 53 ′ E |
The West Beskid Foothills ( Polish: Pogórze Zachodniobeskidzkie ) is a mountain range of the Western Carpathians in Poland ( Silesian Voivodeship and Lesser Poland Voivodeship ). A smaller part is also in the Czech Republic . Its highest peak is the Barnasiówka with 566 m in Pogórze Wielickie .
Demarcation
In the north, the Northern Subcarpathian and in the south the West Beskids . They belong to the Outer Western Carpathians .
structure
The West Beskid promontory is divided into four mountain ranges:
- Pogórze Morawsko-Śląskie ( Moravian-Silesian Promontory )
- Pogórze Śląskie ( Silesian Foothills )
- Pogórze Wielickie ( Great Salt Mountains )
- Pogórze Wiśnickie ( Wiśnicz Mountains )
proof
- Jerzy Kondracki: Geografia regionalna Polski. Warszawa: Wyd. Naukowe PWN, 1998. ISBN 83-01-12479-2 .