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| region_type =Lesser Poland Voivodeship|PreÅ¡ov Region}}| settlement_type =| settlement = KroÅ›cienko nad Dunajcem, Szczawnica| parent = Western BeskidsCarpathians>Carpathian range| geology = | period = | orogeny = | area_km2 = | length_km = | length_orientation = | width_km = | width_orientation = Wysoka (Pieniny Mountains)>Wysoka| highest_location =| elevation_m = 1050 | elevation_ref =49492020region:PL_type:mountain|display=inline,title}}| coordinate_ref =| map_image = VnÄ›jší Západní Karpaty, h3.svg| map_size = | map_caption = Location of the Pieniny Mountains, marked in red color and labeled as h3}}File:Panorama Pieniny from Trzy Korony.jpg|thumb|View of the nearby Pieniny from the summit of Three Crowns.]](File:Szczawnica in Poland 1939.jpg|thumb|Szczawnica in Pieniny 1939)The Pieniny (sometimes also the PieninsSzafer, WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw. 2013. The Vegetation of Poland: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology. Warsaw: Pergamon Press, pp. 156, 388.Tkáč, Vladimír, et al. 1994. Slovakia: Country of Cultural Treasures. Opava: Edition Museon, p. 182. or the Pienin Mountains,Griffiths, Graham C. D. 1976. Studies on Boreal Agromyzidae (Diptera). XII. Phytomyza and Chromatomyia miners on Astereae (Compositae).Quaestiones Entomologicae 12: 239–275, p. 255. ) is a mountain range in the south of Poland and the north of Slovakia. It is classified within the eastern section of the Western Beskids.The Pieniny mountain range is divided into three parts – Pieniny Spiskie () and Pieniny WÅ‚aÅ›ciwe (Slovak: Centrálne Pieniny) in Poland; and, MaÅ‚e Pieniny (; ) in Poland and Slovakia. The Pieniny mountains consist mainly of beds of limestone and dolomite. The most famous peak, Trzy Korony (Three Crowns), is 982 metres high. It is also the summit of the Three Crowns Massif. Pieniny’s highest peak – Wysoka (Polish); Vysoké Skalky (Slovak) – reaches 1,050 metres above sea level.Pieniny mountains formed at the bottom of the sea in several geological epochs. They were folded and raised in Upper Cretaceous. At the beginning of the Paleogene geologic period a second wave of tectonic movements took place causing a further shift. The third wave of movements during the Paleogene and Neogene resulted in a more complex tectonic structure. At the same time erosion resulted in stripping of the outer mantle rocks and further modeling of terrain. Peaks were built from weather resistant Jurassic rocks, mainly limestone. Valleys and passes were created from softer and more susceptible to weathering rocks of Cretaceous and Paleogene periods. Caves are few and rather small. By contrast, rivers and streams are often deeply indented in the rock, creating approximately 15 ravines and gorges. The most famous gorges of the Pieniny mountains are the Dunajec River Gorge in Pieniny National Park and the Homole Ravine (). Hills along the northern border of Pieniny are of volcanic origin.

Image gallery

Image:Rafting on the Dunajec River.jpg|Trzy Korony and Facimiech MountainImage:Kiczera a2.jpg|Kiczera and Magura Spiska. View from Wysokie SkaÅ‚yImage:Dunajec a5.jpg|Dunajec RiverImage:Niedzica-04(tż).jpg|Niedzica Castle and Czorsztyn Lake

See also

• Pieniny National Park (Poland)
• Pieniny National Park (Slovakia)
• Dunajec River Gorge
• MikoÅ‚aj Zyblikiewicz
• Tourism in Poland

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External links

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• www.pieniny.sk/en.html
• www.pieniny.us/" title="web.archive.org/web/20070903225223www.pieniny.us/">Pieniny Mountains at www.pieniny.us
• info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/geography/regions/pieniny/link.shtml" title="web.archive.org/web/20070323025000info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/geography/regions/pieniny/link.shtml">Pieniny Mountains at info-poland.buffalo.edu
• www.travelia.sk/en/tourist-location/pieniny" title="archive.today/20130418153219www.travelia.sk/en/tourist-location/pieniny">Pieniny at www.travelia.sk

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