Pannonian island mountains
Approximate extent of the Pannonian Sea during the Miocene Epoch. Current borders and settlements superimposed for reference.
The Pannonian island mountains (Serbian: Panonske ostrvske planine, Панонске острвске планине, Croatian: Panonske otočne planine) is a term for isolated mountains scattered accross the Pannonian Plain, chiefly its western and southern parts, in Hungary, Serbia and Croatia. In prehistoric times, these mountains were islands of the ancient Pannonian Sea that disappeared about 600,000 years ago.
The island mountains include:
- Croatia[1]
- Central Slavonian Mountains:
- Medvednica in western Croatia
Transdanubian Mountains in Hungary
- Hungary[2]
- Transdanubian Mountains of western Hungary:
- Mecsek, in south Hungary
- Kőszeg Mountains (Geschriebenstein), on Hungaria–Austria border
- Baranya Hills
See also
- Danubian Hills of Slovakia
References
- ↑ "otočno gorje". Hrvatska enciklopedija. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ Földvary, G. Z. (1 February 1988). Geology of the Carpathian Region. World Scientific Publishing Co Inc. pp. 308–. ISBN 978-981-310-382-5.
- ↑ Dragan Rodić, Geografija za I ili III razred srednje škole, Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva, Beograd, 1995.
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