Opawskie Mountains
Opawski Mountains/ Zlatohorská Highlands | |
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Mt. Parkowa (Chrobrego) massif | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Příčný vrch |
Elevation | 975 m (3,199 ft) |
Coordinates | 50°13′12″N 17°23′2″E / 50.22000°N 17.38389°E |
Geography | |
Location of the Czech part | |
Countries | Czech Republic and Poland |
States/Provinces | Olomouc Region (CZ), Moravian-Silesian Region (CZ) and Opole Voivodeship (PL) |
Range coordinates | 50°17′N 17°27′E / 50.28°N 17.45°ECoordinates: 50°17′N 17°27′E / 50.28°N 17.45°E |
Parent range | Eastern Sudetes |
Borders on | Golden Mountains and Hrubý Jeseník |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Caledonian orogeny |
Age of rock | Devonian and Carboniferous (Tournaisian-Viséan) |
Type of rock | Metamorphic rocks (gneiss, amphibolite, quartzite, phyllite), Granite and Culm Measures |
The Opawskie Mountains (Polish: Góry Opawskie, German: Oppagebirge) or Zlatohorská Highlands (Czech: Zlatohorská vrchovina, German: Zuckmanteler Bergland) are a mountain range of the Eastern Sudetes in the Czech Republic and Poland.
Location
The Opawskie Mountains stretch from northern Czech Silesia into Polish Upper Silesia, the eastern continuation of the Golden Mountains range. It borders on the Nízký Jeseník range in the south and the Hrubý Jeseník (High Ash Mountains) in the southwest. The Polish part of the range includes the protected area known as Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park. It is named after the Opava River with its source in the neighbouring Hrubý Jeseník range.
Towns and villages
Poland
Czech Republic
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