Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the
Eastern Beskids
The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges o ...
, within the
Outer Eastern Carpathians
Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system.
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. It is one of two parallel mountain ridges of the Eastern Beskids, situated in western parts of modern
Ukraine
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. They are stretching parallel to the
Wooded Beskids
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on the northeast, and
Vihorlat-Gutin Area
The Vihorlat-Gutin Area ( sk, Vihorlatsko-gutinská oblasť; uk, Вигорлат-Гутинський хребет; hu, Vihorlát–Gutin-hegyvidék) is a region of mountain ranges ranging from eastern Slovakia, through western Ukraine, into ...
to the southwest.
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The name of this mountain range is derived from Slavic term '' polonyna'', designating a particular type of montane meadows, characteristic for those parts of the Carpathians
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians () are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe. Roughly long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Ural Mountains, Urals at and the Scandinavian Mountains at . The ...
. Thus, the very term ''polonyne'' or ''polonynian'' Beskids translates as ''Meadowed Beskids''. In Polish and Ukrainian terminology, this range is most commonly called the "Polonynian Beskids" ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połoniński), while in Slovakia it is also defined in a much wider sense, under the local term ''Poloniny'' ( sk, Poloniny). The territorial scope of all those terms varies in accordance to different classifications and traditions.
Subdivisions
Polonynian Beskids include:
* Smooth Polonyna
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(PL: Połonina Równa; UK: Полонина Рівна) → c6
* Polonyna Borzhava Polonyna may refer to:
* Polonyna (montane meadow), a type of mountain meadows in the Carpathians
* Polonyna Chornohora, a mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians
* Polonyna Beskids, a mountain range of the Eastern Beskids
See also
* Poloniny (disa ...
(PL: Połonina Borżawska; UK: Полонина Боржава) → c7
* Polonyna Kuk Polonyna may refer to:
* Polonyna (montane meadow), a type of mountain meadows in the Carpathians
* Polonyna Chornohora, a mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians
* Polonyna Beskids, a mountain range of the Eastern Beskids
See also
* Poloniny (disa ...
(PL: Połonina Kuk; UK: Полонина Кук) → c8
* Red Polonyna
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(PL: Połonina Czerwona; UK: Полонина Красна)→ c9
* Svydovets
The Svydovets (Ukrainian Свидовець; Polish ''Świdowiec''; Czech and Slovak ''Svidovec''; German ''Swydiwez'') is a mountain range in western Ukraine, one of the ranges of Eastern Beskids, itself belonging to the Outer Eastern Carpathia ...
(PL: Świdowiec; UK: Свидівець) → c10
* Chornohora
Chornohora (literally: "Black Mountain"; uk, Чорногора, romanized: ''Chornohora'') is the highest mountain range in Western Ukraine. It is within the Polonynian Beskids, a subgroup of the mountain group of Eastern Beskids, which in turn ...
(PL: Czarnohora; UK: Чорногора) → c11
* Hrynyavy Mountains (PL: Połoniny Hryniawskie; UK: Гриняви) → c12
See also
* Divisions of the 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 S ...
* Wooded Carpathians
The term Wooded Carpathians ( uk, Лісисті Карпати; pl, Karpaty Lesiste; hu, Erdős-Kárpátok; german: Waldkarpaten) refers to a group of mountain ranges that constitute the central section of Eastern Carpathians, covering both '' ...
* Ukrainian Carpathians
The Ukrainian Carpathians ( uk, Українські Карпати) are a section of the Eastern Carpathians, within the borders of modern Ukraine. They are located in the southwestern corner of Western Ukraine, within administrative territori ...
* Polonyna (montane meadow)
Polonyna ( uk, полонина, polonyna; rue, полонина, polonyna; pl, połonina; sk, polonina) is a specific, regionally-focused geographic term, that is used as a designation for areas of montane meadows (a landform type) in the ...
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External links
Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Beskyds
Carpathian Mountains: Division (map)
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Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians
Mountain ranges of Ukraine