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. 49°37′N 22°14′E

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



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