 Bieszczady. The sight from Połonina Caryńska in the direction of Ustrzyki Górne (town) and Tarnica (mountain).
 A typical meadow ( połonina) on a top of Szeroki Wierch near Tarnica, Poland Bieszczady is the Polish name of the western part of what the Poles call Eastern Beskids (Beskidy Wschodnie). It is a part of the Carpathians. The mountain range is situated between the Łupkow Pass (640 m) and the Vyshkovskyi Pass (933 m). Image File history File links Bieszczady1. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x900, 275 KB) Polish Bieszczady mountains - a połonina (typical meadow) of Szeroki Wierch, 2004. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x900, 275 KB) Polish Bieszczady mountains - a połonina (typical meadow) of Szeroki Wierch, 2004. ...
This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ...
In a narrower but very frequent sense, Bieszczady refers only to the Western Bieszczady or even only to the Polish part of the mountain range.
The highest peak of Bieszczady is Mt. Pikuy (1405 m) in Ukraine. The highest peak of the Polsih part is Tarnica (1346 m).
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 (połonina) on a top of Szeroki Wierch near Tarnica, Bieszczady, Poland The term Bieszczady in the wide sense is used only in Poland. In Slovakia and Ukraine "Bieszczady" usually refers only to the part situated in Poland. In Poland "Bieszczady" also refers usually only to the Polish part of the (Western) Bieszczady. In Ukraine, the "Eastern Bieszczady" have various names (unstable terminology), they usually contain the word Beskids. In Slovakia the Slovak part is called Bukovec Mountains (Bukovské vrchy). Image File history File links Waldkarpaten_Bieszczady. ...
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Historically, the terms Bieszczad and Beskid have been used for hundreds of years to describe the mountains separating Poland from Ruthenia and Hungary. Ruthenia is a name applied to parts of Eastern Europe which were populated by Eastern Slavic peoples, as well as to various states that existed in this territory in the past. ...
The coloquial Polish term referring to Bieszczady is Biesy, folk etymology connecting the origin of the mountains to demonic (bies) activities.
The ethymology of the name "Bieszczady" is disputed.
Division See also: Divisions of the Carpathians. Map of the main divisions of the Carpathians. ...
Since there exist many variants of divisions of the mountain ranges and names for the Beskids and Ukrainian Carpathians, several divisions are given in the following: Beskidy Mountains (Beskid Mountains, Beskidy, Beskydy, Beskids) is a series of Czech Republic, northwestern Slovakia, and southern Poland, along the border between Poland and the Czech Republic and Slovakia. ...
Division 1:
- Bieszczady or Western Bieszczady (PL: Bieszczady Zachodnie) + Bukovec Mountains (SK: Bukovské vrchy) + (Ukrainian) Western Beskids (UA, Zachidni Beskydy)
- Skole Beskids (UA: Skolivs'ki Beskydy), partly or completely also known as High Beskids (Vysoki Beskydy); part of whatUkrainians call Eastern Beskids (Skhidni Beskydy)
Division 2: - Western Bieszczady: between the Łupków Pass and the Użocka (Uzsok Pass - 853 m) with Mt Tarnica (1,346 m) as the highest peak
- Central Bieszczady, between the Użocka Pass and the Tukholskyi Pass with Mt Pikuy (1405 m) as the highest peak
- Eastern Bieszczady, between the Tukholskyi Pass and the Vyshkovskyi Pass with Mt Charna Repa (1228m) as the highest peak
Division 3: Division 4: In an old Ukrainian division, what is defined here as the Bieszczady in a wider sense corresponds to the western part of the Mid-Carpathian Depression and to the westernmost part of the Polonynian Beskids.
See also - There is a unique national park, the UNESCO East Carpathians Biosphere Reserve, split between three countries and comprised of Bieszczady National Park (Poland), Poloniny National Park (Slovakia) + Uzhansky National Nature Park (Ukraine).
UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...
Bieszczady National Park (Polish: ) is a national park in Subcarpathian Voivodship, southeastern Poland. ...
External links - Bieszczady
- East Carpathians Biosphere Reserve
- Bieszczady
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