Opawskie Mountains

Mountain range in the Czech Republic and Poland

50°13′12″N 17°23′2″E / 50.22000°N 17.38389°E / 50.22000; 17.38389Geography

Location of the Czech part

CountriesCzech Republic and PolandRegionsOlomouc Region (CZ), Moravian-Silesian Region (CZ) and Opole Voivodeship (PL)Range coordinates50°17′N 17°27′E / 50.283°N 17.450°E / 50.283; 17.450Parent rangeEastern SudetesBorders onGolden Mountains and Hrubý JeseníkGeologyOrogenyCaledonian orogenyAge of rockDevonian and Carboniferous (Tournaisian-Viséan)Type of rockMetamorphic rocks (gneiss, amphibolite, quartzite, phyllite), Granite and Culm Measures

The Opawskie Mountains (Polish: Góry Opawskie, German: Oppagebirge) or Zlatohorská Highlands / Zlaté Hory Highlands (Czech: Zlatohorská vrchovina, German: Zuckmanteler Bergland) are a mountain range of the Eastern Sudetes in the Czech Republic and Poland.

Location

The Opawskie Mountains stretch from northern Czech Silesia into Polish Upper Silesia, the eastern continuation of the Golden Mountains range. It borders on the Nízký Jeseník range in the south and the Hrubý Jeseník (High Ash Mountains) in the southwest. The Polish part of the range includes the protected area known as Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park. It is named after the Opava River with its source in the neighbouring Hrubý Jeseník range. The highest peak is Příčný vrch (975 meters above sea level).