Silesian Beskids

Silesian Beskids
Silesian Beskids
	Beskid Śląski, Slezské Beskydy
	View of Skrzyczne from the watchtower on Barania Góra
Highest point
Peak	Skrzyczne
Elevation	1,257 m (4,124 ft)
Listing
Coordinates	49°41′0″N 19°3′0″E
Geography
Countries	Poland and Czech Republic
Parent range	Outer Western Carpathians; Western Beskids

Silesian Beskids (Polish: Beskid Śląski, Czech: Slezské Beskydy, German: Schlesische Beskiden) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.

Panorama of the Silesian Beskids (Wisła)

Shepherds in Silesian Beskids

Most of the range lies in Poland. It is separated from the Moravian-Silesian Beskids by the Jablunkov Pass.

The Polish part of the range includes the protected area called Silesian Beskids Landscape Park.

The highest mountains

Silesian Beskids have 20 mountains with a highest point above 1000 m, including three above 1200 m and nine above 1100 m.

Skrzyczne (1,257 m) - the highest mountain
Barania Góra (1,220 m) - the highest mountain of the Polish part of Upper Silesia
Małe Skrzyczne (1,211 m)
Wierch Wisełka (1,192 m)
Równiański Wierch (1,160 m)
Zielony Kopiec (1,152 m)
Malinowska Skała (1,152 m)
Magurka Wiślańska (1,140 m)
Klimczok (1,117 m)
Malinów (1,115 m)
Magura (1,109 m)
Magurka Radziechowska (1,108 m)
Trzy Kopce (1,082 m)
Stołów (1,035 m)
Glinne (1,034 m)
Przysłop (1,029 m)
Szyndzielnia (1,028 m)
Muronka (1,021 m)
Jaworzyna (1,020 m)
Kościelec (1,019 m)
Czantoria Wielka (995 m) - the highest mountain of the Czech part of the range
Kiczory (990 m)
Stożek Wielki (978 m)

Panorama of the Silesian Beskids

Cicha, Irena (2007). Beskidzkie gronie nad Olzą i Wisłą. Czeski Cieszyn: Vydavatelství Regio. ISBN 978-80-254-0261-0.

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