Pikui
| Pikui | |
|---|---|
| Пікуй | |
 The highest peak of Lviv Oblast | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,405 m (4,610 ft) |
| Coordinates | 48°49′48″N 23°00′02″E / 48.83000°N 23.00056°E |
| Geography | |
  Pikui Location within Zakarpattia Oblast  Pikui Location within Ukraine | |
| Location | Lviv Oblast, Ukraine |
Country |  Ukraine |
| Parent range | Carpathian Mountains |
Mount Pikui (Ukrainian: Пікуй) at 1,405 metres (4,610 ft), is the highest mountain in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine and part of the Carpathian Mountains, Stryi-San Highland, spine.
Located on the border of Lviv and Zakarpattia Oblast (regions). It is in the Watershed of the Beskids mountain range. Is part of the landscape reserve of national importance "Pikui".[1]
The name of the mountains probably comes from a Thracian or Illyrian origin.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ландшафтний заказник Пікуй (in Ukrainian)
- ↑ summitpost.org. Eastern Beskydy
External links
[edit]- Highest peaks of Carpathians Archived 2013-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Рельєф Львівської області. Гори. Гора Пікуй - найвища точка Львівщини(in Ukrainian)
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