The Skole Beskids ( uk, Сколівські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Skolskie) is a mountain range in western
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, belonging to the set of ranges called 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.
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 mountains are composed primary 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 epi ...
. The northern section of the range is the location of the
Skole Beskids National Nature Park,
Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Skole Beskyd National Nature Park
/ref> established in 1999; within the park is the highest peak in the range, Mount Parashka, at 1268 meters. Zwinin Mountain, at 992 meters above sea level, is also located within the park.
The Skole Beskids is also the site of the sandstone fortresses of Tustan', built between the 9th century and 13th century, now a State Historical and Cultural Reserve. It's near the town of Boryslav
Boryslav ( uk, Борислав; pl, Borysław) is a city located on the Tysmenytsia (a tributary of the Dniester), in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Boryslav urban hromada, one of th ...
.
See also
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Gallery
File:Skole Beskids. View of the village Plav'ye.JPG, Skole Beskids. View of the village Plavie.
File:Skole Beskids. Mountain road..JPG, Skole Beskids. Klymets Natural Preserve, Drohobych Raion
Drohobych Raion ( uk, Дрогобицький район, translit: ''Drohobytskyi raion'') is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Drohobych. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the ...
, Sambir Raion
Sambir Raion ( uk, Самбірський район) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Sambir. Population: . It was established in 1965.
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, t ...
)
File:Skole Beskids. The mountain range Dovzhky.JPG, Skole Beskids. (Stryi Raion
Stryi Raion ( uk, Стрийський район) is a raion in Lviv Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Stryi. Population: .
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Lviv Obl ...
)
File:National Park Skole Beskids. Place of rest..JPG, Skole Raion. Resting place next to the highway Lviv- Uzhhorod.
External links
Національний природний парк «Сколівські Бескиди»
Carpathian Mountains: Division (map)
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Mountain ranges of Ukraine
Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians
Protected areas of the Eastern Carpathians
Beskids
The Beskids or Beskid Mountains ( pl, Beskidy, cs, Beskydy, sk, Beskydy, rue, Бескиды (''Beskydŷ''), ua, Бескиди (''Beskydy'')) are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west ...