Table Mountains
Encyclopedia
The Table Mountains are a 42 kilometres (26.1 mi)-long mountain range
in Poland
and the Czech Republic
, part of the Central Sudetes
. The range is situated southeast of the Karkonosze
. The Polish part of the range is protected as the Table Mountains National Park. The highest peak of the range is Szczeliniec Wielki at 919 m (3,015.1 ft) a.s.l.
The range is built of sandstone
and, as the only one in Poland, presents plated structure with sheer ledges. Among the tourist attractions there are rocky formations Błędne Skały and Szczeliniec Wielki.
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, part of the Central Sudetes
Central Sudetes
The Central Sudetes are the central part of the Sudetes mountain range on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. They stretch from the Nysa Kłodzka River and the Kłodzko Valley in the east to the upper Bóbr in the west....
. The range is situated southeast of the Karkonosze
Karkonosze
Krkonoše is a mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland, part of the Sudetes mountain system . The Czech-Polish border, which divides the historic regions of Bohemia and Silesia, runs along the main ridge...
. The Polish part of the range is protected as the Table Mountains National Park. The highest peak of the range is Szczeliniec Wielki at 919 m (3,015.1 ft) a.s.l.
The range is built of sandstone
Sandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
and, as the only one in Poland, presents plated structure with sheer ledges. Among the tourist attractions there are rocky formations Błędne Skały and Szczeliniec Wielki.