Crown of Polish Mountains (Polish: Korona Gór Polski) – a list of 28 peaks one per each of the mountain ranges of Poland. It was suggested by geographer, traveller and writer and Dr. Wojciech Lewandowski in the tourism and local lore magazine . The list was on December 12, 1997 at a meeting convened by the editors of Know Your Country.
The original idea was to be a list containing the highest peak of each range. However it was decided to consider only most prominent peaks which had a marked hiking trail at the time of the compiling of the list. In addition, the authors made several significant mistakes in the selection of peaks, e.g. by omitting some mountain ranges in the rank of a mesoregion, and placing others in the rank of a microregion. According to the new physical and geographical regionalization of Poland published in 2018, there are more peaks in the Crown, e.g. the Tatra Mountains in Poland consist of three mesoregions: the Reglowe Tatras, the Western Tatras and the High Tatras.
Peaks Lp. Peak mountain range High (m a.s.l.) 1 Rysy Tatra Mountains 2500 2 Babia Góra Żywiec Beskids 1725 3 Śnieżka Giant Mountains 1603 4 Śnieżnik Śnieżnik Massif 1426 5 Tarnica Bieszczady Mountains 1346 6 Turbacz Gorce Mountains 1310 7 Radziejowa Beskid Sądecki 1262 8 Skrzyczne Silesian Beskids 1257 9 Mogielica Island Beskids 1171 10 Wysoka Kopa Jizera Mountains 1126 11 Rudawiec Bialskie Mountains 1112 12 Orlica Orlickie Mountains 1084 13 Wysoka (Wysokie Skałki) Pieniny 1050 14 Wielka Sowa Owl Mountains 1015 15 Lackowa Low Beskids 997 16 Kowadło Golden Mountains 989 17 Jagodna Bystrzyckie Mountains 977 18 Skalnik Rudawy Janowickie 945 19 Waligóra Stone Mountains 936 20 Czupel Little Beskids 933 21 Szczeliniec Wielki Stołowe Mountains 919 22 Lubomir Maków Beskids 904 23 Biskupia Kopa Opawskie Mountains 889 24 Chełmiec Wałbrzych Mountains 851 25 Kłodzka Góra Bardzkie Mountains 765 26 Skopiec Kaczawskie Mountains 724 27 Ślęża Ślęża Massif 718 28 Łysica Świętokrzyskie Mountains 614
See also List of mountains in Poland Seven Summits is called literally "Crown of the Earth" in Polish
Further reading Krzysztof Bzowski, Korona Polskich Gór, 2016, 184pp.
References
External links Official Site