Svydovets

Coordinates: 48°15′24″N 24°12′13″E / 48.25667°N 24.20361°E / 48.25667; 24.20361
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Svydovets Mountains

The Svydovets (Ukrainian Свидівець; Russian Свидовец; Polish Świdowiec; Czech and Slovak Svidovec; German Swydiwez) is a mountain range in western Ukraine, one of the ranges of Eastern Beskids, itself belonging to the Outer Eastern Carpathians.[1]

Geography

Map with the Svydovets range marked in red

Svydovets hosts one of the ten units of the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians, recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.

The higher peaks include:

  • Blysnyzi (Близниці - 1883 meters)
  • Tataruka (Татарука - 1774 meters)
  • Dohjaska (Догяска - 1764 meters)
  • Unharjaska (Унгаряска - 1707 meters)

See also

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Svydivets

Sources

  • Földvary, Gábor Z. (1988). Geology of the Carpathian Region. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Tasenkevich, Lydia (2009). "Polonynas: Highlands Pastures in the Ukrainian Carpathians". Grasslands in Europe: Of High Nature Value. Zeist: KNNV Publishing. pp. 203–208. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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