wanderings on poland (10b)
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Beauty is our entire Poland
Tatry and Pieniny Mountains
Panorama of Tatras from the Long Hal
Pieniny - mountain range in southern Poland and northern Slovakia, that is the highest part of a long belt of limestone rocks (Pieniny Klippen Belt).Two gorges of Dunajec make the Pieniny are split into 3 parts:Pieniny Spiskie - between of Białka Valley and of gorge of Dunajec near NiedzicaCentral Pieniny (Pieniny appropriate) - from Niedzica to the Dunajec Canyon between the Sromowce Niżne and Szczawnica (in Polish borders). The highest peak - Trzy Korony Small Pieniny - reaching to the valley of Poprad
Tatry - highest mountain range in the chain of the Western Carpathians.Tatras on the Polish side are divided into:Western Tatras - the highest peak - Starorobociański Wierch, 2,176 m above sea level High Tatras - the highest peak is the north-west top of the Rysy - 2,499 m above sea-levelThe Tatras are protected by the establishment in their area of the Tatra National Park
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Kościeliska Valley
Kościeliska Valley
Highland Robbers Chapel in the Kościeliska Valley in the Tatra Mountains
Kazalnica - rock in the Kościeliska Valley
Western Tatrasof Small Meadow Valley
The Smreczyński Pond- Tatra Mountains
Western Tatras - Trzydniowiański Peak
A Rock called Bake in the Upłaz Hala ( mountain pasture)
The Gąsienicowa mountains pasture
The Stoły mountains pasture
Sheep grazing in a clearing Jamy
Shepherd huts in a clearing Chochołowska
Giewont (1894m n.p.m.) is the most popular, next to Kasprowy, a peak in the Tatra Mountains, Zakopane in the bottom
Tatra mountains - photo NASA
High Tatra Mountains - view from the Czerwone Wierchy
High Tatra Mountains - Rysy
High Tatra Mountains - Kościelec on the west side
Kościelec (2155 m.n.p.m.) - view from the trail
Kościelec - view from the Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy
Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy (Black of Gąsienica Pond)
Morskie Oko (Eye of the Sea)
Morskie Oko - The biggest lake in the whole of the Tatras
Shelter over Morskie Oko
Mnich (Monk) over Morskie Oko
High Tatras - Mnich (2068m above sea-level)lonely crag above the south-western shore of the Morskie Oko
Tatra Mountains - Valley of Five Polish Tarns
Valley of Five Polish Ponds - Greater and Front Polish Pond
The view from Goat Peak (Kozi Wierch) to Valley of Five Polish Tarns
Zamarła Turnia ( dead crag)
Świnica (2301m) - peak in the High Tatras with two vertices
Zawratowa Turnia (Zawrat Crag)- view from Kościelec
Climbing at Zawrat
Climbing at Zawrat
Zawrat Pass situated at an altitude of 2159 m, separates Zawrat crag since the Little Goat Peak, one of the two boundary points of the route Orla Perc
Statue of Mary (high 1,22 m.) near the Zawrat pass in the High TatrasValentine Gadowski put this statue at this point in June 1904
Orla perć - one of the toughestand the most dangerous routes
in the High Tatras
Orla Perc - the view from the Skrajny peak
Orla Perć – the descent from the Goat Peak
Orla perć (eagle trail)
At Goat Pass
View of the valley Gąsienicowa
Pieniny Mountains
Pieniny – a gorge of Dunajec
Trzy Korony (Three Crowns) the view from the Red Monastery peak
Three Crowns peak
Three Crowns peak
Pieniny - a gorge of Białka river at Krempachy.
Pieniny - Dunajec rafting
Pieniny - Dunajec rafting
Pieniny - Dunajec rafting
Pieniny Mountains on the east side
Music - The Karol Stoch Band – Polish highlander musicIllustrations - downloaded from web sitesA presentation prepared - Anna
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