Vihorlat-Gutin Area

Lake Morské oko ("Eye of the Sea"), in the Vihorlat Mountains of Slovakia

The Vihorlat-Gutin Area (in Slovak Vihorlatsko-gutínska oblasť; in Ukrainian known as the Volcanic Ridge, Vulkanichnyi chrebet) is a region of mountain ranges spanning eastern Slovakia, northern Romania, and western Ukraine.

Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory into three geographical groups (north, center, south), instead in Outer and Inner Eastern Carpathians. The Romanian portions of Vihorlat-Gutin Area are considered part of the northern Carpathians of Maramureş and Bucovina (Munţii Carpaţi ai Maramureşului şi Bucovinei).

These mountain ranges include:

• the volcanic Vihorlat Mountains (SK: Vihorlatské vrchy), encompassing the Vihorlat Protected Landscape Area and the Morské oko, and Vyhorliat (UA)
• Makovytsia (UA)
• Velikyi Dil (UA, literally: Great Dil)
• Tupyi (UA)
• Oaş Mountains (RO: Munţii Oaşului) and Oaş Depression (RO: Depresiunea Oaşului) MMB
• Gutâi Mountains (RO: Munţii Gutâiului) MMB
• Ţibleş Mountains (RO: Munţii Ţibleşului) MMB
• Lăpuş Mountains (RO: Munții Lăpușului) MMB

Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains Western Carpathians Inner Western Slovak Ore Mountains Fatra-Tatra Area Slovak Central Mountains Lučenec-Košice Depression Mátra-Slanec Area and North Hungarian Mountains Outer Western South-Moravian Carpathians Central Moravian Carpathians Slovak-Moravian Carpathians West-Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids Central Beskids Eastern Beskids Podhale-Magura Area Eastern Carpathians Inner Eastern Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Brașov Depression Outer Eastern Central Beskidian Piedmont Low Beskids Eastern Beskids and the Ukrainian Carpathians Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians Southern Carpathians Bucegi Mountains Făgăraș Mountains group Parâng Mountains group Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group Western Romanian Carpathians Apuseni Mountains Poiana Ruscă Mountains Banat Mountains Serbian Carpathians Homolje mountains Kučaj mountains Devica Rtanj Deli Jovan Vršački Breg Transylvanian Plateau (disputed) Outer Carpathian depressions