Åšwinica (
Polish
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) or Svinica (
Slovak) is a mountain in the main crest of the
High Tatras
The High Tatras or High Tatra Mountains (; ; ,'' Vysoki Tatry''; ; ), are a mountain range along the border of northern Slovakia in the Prešov Region, and southern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. They are a range of the Tatra Mountains ...
, on the Polish-Slovak border. The main peak is at 2,302 m AMSL. A marked trail leads through the summit. The Polish name Åšwinica (derivative form of a pig or swine) was given to this summit in the mid 19th century. It probably refers to the resemblance of the peak to silhouette of a swine. Another, doubtful explanation, is that the summit was difficult to reach.
References
Two-thousanders of Poland
Landforms of Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Two-thousanders of Slovakia
Poland–Slovakia border
International mountains of Europe
High Tatras
Mountains of the Western Carpathians
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