Silesian Beskids (, , ) is one of the

Beskids The Beskids or Beskid Mountains (, , , (), ()) are a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west along the border of Poland with Slovakia up to Ukraine in the east. The highest mountain in the Be ...

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

s in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...

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and the eastern

Moravian-Silesian Region The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was called the Ostrava Region (). The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most ...

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. Most of the range lies in Poland. It is separated from the Moravian-Silesian Beskids by the

Jablunkov Pass Jablunkov Pass (, ) is a mountain pass in the Western Beskids at above sea level. It is located in the municipality of Mosty u Jablunkova in the Czech Republic, near the border with Poland and Slovakia. Geography The pass separates the Mora ...

. The Polish part of the range includes the

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural or cultural values. Protected areas are those areas in which human presence or the exploitation of natural resources (e.g. firewood ...

called Silesian Beskids Landscape Park.

The highest mountains

Silesian Beskids have 20 mountains with a highest point above 1000 m, including three above 1200 m and nine above 1100 m. *

Skrzyczne Skrzyczne is a mountain in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, close to the town of Szczyrk. It is the highest mountain of the Silesian Beskids and the fifth most topographically prominent peak in Poland. Skrzyczne is one of the peaks ...

(1,257 m) - the highest mountain * Barania Góra (1,220 m) * Małe Skrzyczne (1,211 m) * Wierch Wisełka (1,192 m) * Równiański Wierch (1,160 m) * Zielony Kopiec (1,152 m) * Malinowska Skała (1,152 m) * Magurka Wiślańska (1,140 m) * Klimczok (1,117 m) * Malinów (1,115 m) * Magura (1,109 m) * Magurka Radziechowska (1,108 m) * Trzy Kopce (1,082 m) * Stołów (1,035 m) * Glinne (1,034 m) * Przysłop (1,029 m) * Szyndzielnia (1,028 m) * Muronka (1,021 m) * Jaworzyna (1,020 m) * Kościelec (1,019 m) *

Czantoria Wielka or Wielka Czantoria (, ) is a mountain on the border of Poland and the Czech Republic, in the Silesian Beskids mountain range. It reaches a height of . Parts of the mountain on both sides are designated a protected area. Geography The peak of C ...

(995 m) - the highest mountain of the Czech part of the range * Kiczory (990 m) * Stożek Wielki (978 m)

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The highest mountains

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