Opawskie Mountains

The Opawskie Mountains (Polish: Góry Opawskie, German: Oppagebirge) or Zlatohorská Highlands (Czech: Zlatohorská vrchovina, German: Zuckmanteler Bergland) are a mountain range of the Eastern Sudetes in the Czech Republic and Poland.

Opawskie Mountains/
Zlatohorská Highlands
Mt. Parkowa (Chrobrego) massif
Highest point
PeakPříčný vrch
Elevation975 m (3,199 ft)
Coordinates50°13′12″N 17°23′2″E
Geography
Location of the Czech part
CountriesCzech Republic and Poland
States/ProvincesOlomouc Region (CZ), Moravian-Silesian Region (CZ) and Opole Voivodeship (PL)
Range coordinates50°17′N 17°27′E
Parent rangeEastern Sudetes
Borders onGolden Mountains and Hrubý Jeseník
Geology
OrogenyCaledonian orogeny
Age of rockDevonian and Carboniferous (Tournaisian-Viséan)
Type of rockMetamorphic rocks (gneiss, amphibolite, quartzite, phyllite), Granite and Culm Measures

Location

The Opawskie Mountains stretch from northern Czech Silesia into Polish Upper Silesia, the eastern continuation of the Golden Mountains range. It borders on the Nízký Jeseník range in the south and the Hrubý Jeseník (High Ash Mountains) in the southwest. The Polish part of the range includes the protected area known as Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park. It is named after the Opava River with its source in the neighbouring Hrubý Jeseník range. The highest peak is Příčný vrch (975 meters above sea level).

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