The Island Beskids (in

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

, ''Beskid Wyspowy'') is a mountain range in southern Poland, part of the

Western Beskids The Western Beskids ( cs, Západní Beskydy; sk, Západné Beskydy; pl, Beskidy Zachodnie; german: Westbeskiden) are a set of mountain ranges spanning the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. Geologically the Western Beskids are part of the Out ...

of the

Outer Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya Sy ...

, with significant natural resources, folk culture, medieval history, and developing resources for tourism. The distinctive feature of this region is its isolated, individual peaks, from which derives its name. The highest peak is Mogielica (1170 meters). Other major peaks include '' Ćwilin'' (1072 meters), ''Jasien'' (1052 meters), '' Modyń'' (1029 meters), ''

Luboń Wielki Luboń (german: Luban) is a town in Poland, situated on the Warta River, in the Poznań metropolitan area, in the Poznań County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It has 29,301 inhabitants (2010). The town was created in 1954 by the merger of 3 ...

'' (1022 meters), and '' Krzystonów'' (1012 meters). The Outline of Island Beskids Natural reserves in the range include: * Białowodzka Mountain Nature Reserve *

Kamionna Nature Reserve Kamionna may refer to the following places in Poland: * Kamionna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Kamionna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland) * Kamionna, Pułtusk County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland) * Kamionn ...

Kostrza Nature Reserve Kostrza may refer to the following places in Poland: * Kostrza, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland) * Kostrza, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland) {{Geodis ...

Luboń Wielki Nature Reserve Luboń (german: Luban) is a town in Poland, situated on the Warta River, in the Poznań metropolitan area, in the Poznań County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It has 29,301 inhabitants (2010). The town was created in 1954 by the merger of 3 ...

* Mogielica Nature Reserve (established March 12, 2011) * Śnieżnica Nature Reserve Villages in the range include Szczyrzyc.Historia (History of the Region)
at OdkryjBeskidWyspowy.pl portal, 2010.

References

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