Pikui

Pikui
Пікуй

The highest peak of Lviv Oblast
Elevation 1,405 m (4,610 ft)
Listing Country high point
Location
Pikui

Ukraine

Location Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Range auto
Coordinates 48°49′48″N 23°00′02″E / 48.83000°N 23.00056°ECoordinates: 48°49′48″N 23°00′02″E / 48.83000°N 23.00056°E

Mount Pikui (Ukrainian: Піку́й) at 1,405 metres (4,610 ft), is the highest mountain in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine and part of the Carpathian Mountains, Stryisko-Sanska Verkhovyna[1] spine.

Located on the border of Lviv and Transcarpathian regions. It is in the Watershed of Beskydy. Is part of the landscape reserve of national importance "Pikui".[2]
The name of the mountains probably comes from a Thracian or Illyrian origin.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Стрийсько-Сянська Верховина(Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ Ландшафтний заказник Пікуй(Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ summitpost.org. Eastern Beskydy

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