Połonina Caryńska, () also known as Połonina Berehowska, is a polonyna in the

Bieszczady Mountains Bieszczady Mountains ( pl, Bieszczady; sk, Beščady; uk, Бещади; hu, Besszádok) is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland and north-east of Slovakia through to western Ukraine. It forms the western part of th ...

laying between valleys of the Dwernik and Wołosaty rivers, which contain the settlements of Brzegi Górne and

Ustrzyki Górne Ustrzyki Górne (; uk, Устрики Горішні, ''Ustryky Horišni'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lutowiska, within Bieszczady County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, close to the border with Uk ...

. It has four major culminations, the highest is Kruhly Wierch (1297 m), while the other ones have the heights of 1245, 1239 and 1148 metres. Similar to Połonina Wetlińska, the southwestern slopes are sharp and short, while the southeastern ones are softer, filled with streams that form small valleys and are usually the preferred route. The Caryńskie Pass separates it from Magura Stuposiańska in the south, while the Wyżniańska Pass marks the border between it and the

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Dział. The view from the peak is extensive, as the massifs of Wielka Rawka and Połonina Wetlińska as well as the biggest mountains of the region (

Tarnica Tarnica is a peak in the Bieszczady Mountains in southern Poland. Its height is 1,346 metres. It is one of the Polish Crown Peaks. The summit towers 500 metres above the Wołosatka Valley. It can be easily told apart from its neighbo ...

Halicz Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the ...

) can be seen. During clear weather, the Ukrainian mountain range of

Gorgany Gorgany ( uk, Ґорґани) is a mountain range in Western Ukraine in Outer Eastern Carpathians, adjacent to Chornohora range. The highest peak of Gorgany is Syvulia (1,836 m) with the other high peaks including Ihrovyshche, (1,804 m), (1 ...

or even the

Tatra Mountains The Tatra Mountains (), Tatras, or Tatra (''Tatry'' either in Slovak () or in Polish () - '' plurale tantum''), are a series of mountains within the Western Carpathians that form a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They are the hi ...

can be seen.

History

Its name derives from the village of Caryńskie, which is located near the połonina. It used to own a church and a cemetery in those lands, but they were moved and rebuilt in 1929. There are other villages which owned pastures on the land, such as Berehy Górne, Bereżki and Ustrzyki Górne.

Grazing In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...

was still being carried out by those villages until the end of the interwar period, and due to large numbers of animals, the development of trees was limited and shaped the mountain's look to how it is today. Currently, it is in the

Bieszczady National Park Bieszczady National Park (; pl, Bieszczadzki Park Narodowy) is the third-largest national park in Poland, located in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in the extreme southeast corner of the country. In 2021, the national park became a UNESCO World Heri ...

. Połonina Caryńska contains many rare species such as ''Orobanche alba'', ''Tozzia alpina'', ''

Carex bigelowii ''Carex bigelowii'' is a species of sedge known by the common names Bigelow's sedge, Gwanmo sedge, and stiff sedge. It has an Arctic–alpine distribution in Eurasia and North America, and grows up to tall in a variety of habitats. Distribution ...

'', ''Aconitum lasiocarpum'' and '' Aconitum bucovinense''.{{cite book, last1=Mirek, first1=Zbigniew, last2=Piękoś-Mirkowa , first2=Halina , url= , title=Czerwona księga Karpat Polskich , date=2008, publisher=Instytut Botaniki PAN, isbn=, location=, page=, author-link=

Hiking trails

Brzegi Górne – Połonina Caryńska – Ustrzyki Górne (3:20h, 8.9 km) POL Szlak zielony

Przysłup Caryński – Połonina Caryńska – Wyżniańska Pass – Mała Rawka (4h) Ustrzyki Górne – Połonina Caryńska – Brzegi Górne – Wyżniańska Pass – Połonina Caryńska

Gallery

Caryńskie - ruiny (06).jpg, Church ruins File:PoloninaCarynska.jpg, View from Wołosaty File:Polonina carynska berehy.jpg, View from Wyżna Pass File:Punkt osnowy geodezyjnej II klasy.JPG,

Geodetic control network A geodetic control network (also geodetic network, reference network, control point network, or control network) is a network, often of triangles, which are measured precisely by techniques of terrestrial surveying or by satellite geodesy. ...

point File:Głowica punktu osnowy geodezyjnej II klasy.JPG, 2nd class survey marker

References

Mountains of Poland Lesko County Mountains of the Eastern Carpathians

History

Hiking trails

Gallery

See also

References