Waldenburg Mountains

Waldenburg Mountains / Wałbrzyskie Mountains
German: Waldenburger Bergland; Polish: Góry Wałbrzyskie; Czech: Valbřišské hory
View of the Black Mountains
Highest point
PeakBorowa
Elevation853
Geography
CountryPoland
VoivodeshipLower Silesian
Parent rangeCentral Sudetes

The Wałbrzyskie Mountains or Waldenburg Mountains is one of the three mountain ranges that form the western part of the Central Sudetes.

Geography

The Wałbrzyskie Mountains lie almost entirely within Poland. Several southern ridges reach as far as the Czech Republic. The range extends to the west and southwest of the Lower Silesian town of Wałbrzych (Waldenburg).

The Waldenburg Mountains are surrounded by several mountain ranges: the Waldenburg Highlands to the northeast, the Owl Mountains to the east, the Włodzickie Hills to the southeast, the Stone Mountains to the southwest, the Broumov Highlands and the Rudawy Janowickie to the west, and the Kaczawskie Mountains to the northwest.

Division of the Wałbrzych Mountains

The Wałbrzych Mountains are divided into three separate parts:[1]

  • Trójgarb and Krąglak Massif
  • Chełmiec Massif
  • Black Mountains
Trójgarb
Trójgarb
Chełmiec
Chełmiec
Borowa
Borowa

References

  1. ^ Czerwiński, Janusz (1996). Sudety : przewodnik. Warszawa: Sport i Turystyka. ISBN 83-7079-677-X. OCLC 40938150.

50°40′N 16°10′E / 50.667°N 16.167°E / 50.667; 16.167