Laborecká Vrchovina

The Laborec Highlands (in Slovak, ''Laborecká vrchovina'') is a mountain range in northeastern

Slovakia Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...

, part of the Lower Beskids of the

Outer Eastern 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 ...

. The range is composed of Carpathian

flysch Flysch () is a sequence of sedimentary rock layers that progress from deep-water and turbidity flow deposits to shallow-water shales and sandstones. It is deposited when a deep basin forms rapidly on the continental side of a mountain building ep ...

. Bordered in the north by the Polish national border and to the west by the

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The Ondavská Highlands (in Slovak language, Slovak, ''Ondavská vrchovi ...

, its ridges typically reach a height of 500 to 700 metres. The highest point is ''Vysoký Grúň'', at 905 metres. The region is drained by the

Laborec The Laborec (; ) is a river in eastern Slovakia that flows through the districts of Medzilaborce, Humenné, and Michalovce in the Košice Region, and the Prešov Region. The river drains the Laborec Highlands. It is long and its basin size is . ...

River and, in its western portion, by the Ondava. Notables town and villages in the hill country include

Medzilaborce Medzilaborce (, ''Midzhilabirtsyi''; , ''Mizhlabirtsi''; ) is a List of towns in Slovakia, town in northeastern Slovakia close to the border with Poland, located near the towns of Sanok and Bukowsko (in southeastern Małopolska). Its population is ...

(site of the

Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art () is a biographical museum in Medzilaborce, Slovakia, dedicated to the work and family origin of the American artist Andy Warhol. History and activities The museum was founded on September 1, 1991, as a joi ...

Vyšná Jablonka Vyšná Jablonka (; ) is a village and municipality in Humenné District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia. History The earliest mention of the village was in the "List of property" of the Lords of Humenne in 1436. From the beginning ...

Bodružal Bodružal (1927–1973: ; ; , until 1899: ) is a municipality (village) in Slovakia in the Svidník District in Prešov Region, within the Laborec Highlands. Slovensko Ľud; 1. a 2. časť, Vydavateľstvo Obzor, (Bratislava 1974). The villag ...

, and

Vyšný Komárnik Vyšný Komárnik is a village and municipality in Svidník District in the Prešov Region of north-eastern Slovakia, in the Laborec Highlands. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1600. During World War II, Vyšný ...

. The highlands are also the location of the strategically significant

Dukla Pass The Dukla Pass (, , , ; AMSL) is a strategically significant mountain pass in the Laborec Highlands of the Outer Eastern Carpathians, on the border between Poland and Slovakia ( Lemkivshchyna) and close to the western border of Ukraine. The Du ...

, the lowest mountain pass in the main ranges of the Carpathians, and the site of the

Battle of the Dukla Pass The Battle of the Dukla Pass, also known as the Dukla, Carpatho–Dukla, Rzeszów–Dukla, or Dukla–Prešov offensive, was the battle for control over the Dukla Pass on the border between Poland and Slovakia on the Eastern Front of World Wa ...

of September and October 1944. Mountain ranges of Slovakia Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians Highlands {{slovakia-geo-stub