Eastern section of the Western Beskids

Eastern section of the Western Beskids (Czech: Východní část Západních Beskyd) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the southern Polish and northern Slovak border. They constitute an eastern section of the Western Beskids, within the Outer Western Carpathians.

Eastern section of the Western Beskids
View of the nearby Pieniny from the summit of Three Crowns
Highest point
PeakRadziejowa
Elevation1,266 m (4,154 ft)
Coordinates49°26′56″N 20°36′15″E 
Naming
Native nameVýchodné Beskydy (sk)
Geography
Eastern section of the Western Beskids (marked in red)
CountriesSlovakia and Poland
RegionsPrešov and Lesser Poland
Parent rangeOuter Western Carpathians
Borders onPodhale-Magura Area, (Polish) Western Beskids and Low Beskids
Not to be confused with Eastern Beskids.

In geographic classification, the term Beskid Mountains has several definitions, related to distinctive historical and linguistic traditions. Depending on a particular classification, designation Eastern in relation to the Beskids is also used with different meanings.[1] In Slovak terminology, the term Eastern Beskids (Slovak: Východné Beskydy) is used to designate the eastern section of the Western Beskids. In Polish terminology, the same region is also classified as the eastern section of the Western Beskids, but not under the term Eastern Beskids (Polish: Beskidy Wschodnie), since that term is used to designate Eastern Beskids of the Outer Eastern Carpathians.

Subdivisions

The Eastern section of the Western Beskids consist of:

See also

References
  1. Földvary 1988, p. 105-117.

Sources
  • Földvary, Gábor Z. (1988). Geology of the Carpathian Region. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kondracki, Jerzy (1977). Regiony fizycznogeograficzne Polski. Warszawa: Wydawa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kondracki, Jerzy (1989). Problemy standaryzacji nazw geograficznych. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii i Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania PWN.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kondracki, Jerzy (2000) [1998]. Geografia regionalna Polski (2. ed.). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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