Pieniny

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Pieniny is a mountain range in Poland and Slovakia.

The Pieniny mountain range is divided into three parts – Pieniny Spiskie (Slovak: Spišské Pieniny) and Pieniny Właściwe (Slovak: Centrálne Pieniny) in Poland and Malé Pieniny (English: Lesser or Little Pieniny; Polish: Małe Pieniny) in Slovakia. The Pieniny mountains consist mainly of the limestone and dolomite rock strata. The most famous peak, Trzy Korony (Three Crowns), is 982 meters high. Pieniny’s highest peak – Wysoka (Polish); Vysoké Skalky (Slovak) – reaches 1,050 meters above sea level.

Panorama of Pieniny Mountains from Three Crowns Peak		Rafting on the Dunajec River	Dunajec River
View of Niedzica and Czorsztyn	Niedzica Castle

[edit] See also

• Pieniny National Park
• Dunajec River Gorge

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Pieniny Właściwe

• www.pieniny.sk/en.html
• Pieniny Mountains at www.pieniny.us
• Pieniny Mountains at info-poland.buffalo.edu

Coordinates: 49°25′N 20°24′E / 49.417°N 20.4°E / 49.417; 20.4