Pikui

Mount Pikui (Ukrainian: Піку́й) at 1,405 metres (4,610 ft), is the highest mountain in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine and part of the Carpathian Mountains, Stryi-San Highland[1] spine.

Pikui
Пікуй
The highest peak of Lviv Oblast
Highest point
Elevation1,405 m (4,610 ft)
Coordinates48°49′48″N 23°00′02″E
Geography
Pikui
Ukraine
LocationLviv Oblast, Ukraine
Country Ukraine
Parent rangeCarpathian Mountains

Located on the border of Lviv and Transcarpathian regions. It is in the Watershed of Beskydy. Is part of the landscape reserve of national importance "Pikui".[2]
The name of the mountains probably comes from a Thracian or Illyrian origin.[3]

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