Słonne Mountains Landscape Park

Słonne Mountains Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Gór Słonnych) is a protected area (Landscape Park) in south-eastern Poland, established in 1992, covering an area of 513.92 square kilometres (198.43 sq mi). It lies in the Słonne Mountains (Polish: Góry Słonne, literally "salt (brine) mountains"[1]) in the Eastern Carpathians (Carpathian Plateau).

Słonne Mountains Landscape Park
Park Krajobrazowy Gór Słonnych
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Slonne Mountain Valley View near Sanok as seen from Dębna
LocationSubcarpathian Voivodeship
Area513.92 km²
Established1992

Administratively the Park is within Subcarpathian Voivodeship: in Bieszczady County (Gmina Ustrzyki Dolne), Lesko County (Gmina Lesko, Gmina Olszanica) and Sanok County (Gmina Sanok, Gmina Tyrawa Wołoska).

Within the Landscape Park are nine nature reserves.

References

  1. Saltus Carpathians [in:] Tacitus. De origine et situ Germanorum. Mapa.



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