The Ukrainian Carpathians ( uk, Українські Карпати) are a section of the

Eastern Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya Sy ...

, within the borders of modern

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. They are located in the southwestern corner of

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, within administrative territories of four Ukrainian regions (

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), covering northeastern part of

Zakarpattia Oblast The Zakarpattia Oblast ( uk, Закарпатська область, Zakarpatska oblast) is an administrative oblast located in western Ukraine, mostly coterminous with the historical region of Carpathian Ruthenia. Its administrative centre is ...

, southwestern part of

Lviv Oblast Lviv Oblast ( uk, Льві́вська о́бласть, translit=Lvivska oblast, ), also referred to as Lvivshchyna ( uk, Льві́вщина, ), ). The name of each oblast is a relational adjective—in English translating to a noun adjunct w ...

, southern half of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and western half of

Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast ( uk, Черніве́цька о́бласть, Chernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna ( uk, Чернівеччина) is an oblast (province) in Western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the regio ...

.Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Volcanic Ukrainian Carpathians
/ref> Map of Ukraine political Karpatskyi raion

They are stretching in general northwest–southeast direction, starting at the tripartite border point of Ukraine with

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and

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, and continuing towards Ukrainian border with

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. In terms of

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classification, Ukrainian Carpathians belong to two distinctive categories, with major part belonging to the

Outer Eastern Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya Sy ...

and minor part to the

Inner Eastern Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya ...

. Within different regional and national traditions, there are several overlapping variants of divisions and designations for various Eastern Carpathian mountain ranges. Within the wider scope of the Ukrainian Carpathians, a section of the Outer Eastern Carpathians spanning the southeastern corner of Poland, the northeastern corner of Slovakia, and the western part of Ukraine is commonly known as the

Eastern Beskids The Eastern Beskids or Eastern Beskyds ( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie; rue, Выходны Бескиды; ro, Beskizii Orientali; russian: Восточные Бескиды) are a geological group of mountain ranges o ...

( uk, Східні Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Wschodnie), while in Slovakia the term ''Meadowed Mountains'' ( sk, Poloniny) is also used for the same mountain range. The scope of those terms varies in accordance to different traditions and classifications.

Subdivisions

Section of the

, within Ukraine: *

Vihorlat Mountains Vihorlat Mountains ( sk, Vihorlatské vrchy; ua, Вигорлат, ''Vyhorliat'') or colloquially Vihorlat is a volcanic mountain range in eastern Slovakia and western Ukraine. A part of the range is listed as a World Heritage Site. Etymolog ...

(UA: Вигорлат) in Slovakia and Ukraine → (B3a1) * Makovytsia (UA: Маковиця) → (B3a2) *

Velikyi Dil Veliky, or similar, may refer to: *Veliky (rural locality) (''Velikaya'', ''Velikoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia *Veliky (surname) *Velikaya, a river in Pskov Oblast, Russia *Velikaya (Chukotka), a river in Chukotka, Russia See ...

(UA: Великий Діл) → (B3a3) * Tupyi (UA: Тупий) → (B3a4) *

Oaș Mountains The Oaș Mountains ( ro, Munţii Oașului, hu, Avas-hegység, uk, Гори Оаш) are a small volcanic mountain range within the Vihorlat-Gutin Area of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. The mountains are centered in northern section of the Oaș C ...

(UA: Оаш гори) in Ukraine and Romania → (B3a5) * Maramureș Lowland (UA: Мармароська улоговина) in Ukraine and Romania → (B3e1) * Maramureș Mountains (UA: Мармароський масив) in Ukraine and Romania → (B3e2) Section of the

, within Ukraine: Wooded Beskids (UA: Лісисті Бескиди): *

Bieszczady Mountains Bieszczady Mountains ( pl, Bieszczady; sk, Beščady; uk, Бещади; hu, Besszádok) is a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of Poland and north-east of Slovakia through to western Ukraine. It forms the western part of th ...

(UK: Бещади); eastern section belongs to Ukraine → c1 * Sanok-Turka Mountains (UK: Верхньодністровські Бескиди); eastern section belongs to Ukraine → c3 * Skole Beskids (UA: Сколівські Бескиди) → c2 *

Gorgany Gorgany ( uk, Ґорґани) is a mountain range in Western Ukraine in Outer Eastern Carpathians, adjacent to Chornohora range. The highest peak of Gorgany is Syvulia (1,836 m) with the other high peaks including Ihrovyshche, (1,804 m), (1 ...

(UA: Ґорґани) → c4 * Pokuttia-Bucovina Beskids (UA: Покутсько-Буковинські Карпати) → c5

Polonynian Beskids Polonynian Beskids or Polonyne Beskids ( uk, Полонинські Бескиди; pl, Beskidy Połonińskie) is a geological group of mountain ranges of the Eastern Beskids, within the Outer Eastern Carpathians. It is one of two parallel mount ...

(UA: ''Полонинські Бескиди''): * Smooth Polonyna (UK: Полонина Рівна) → c6 *

Polonyna Borzhava Polonyna may refer to: * Polonyna (montane meadow), a type of mountain meadows in the Carpathians * Polonyna Chornohora, a mountain in the Ukrainian Carpathians * Polonyna Beskids, a mountain range of the Eastern Beskids See also * Poloniny (disa ...

(UK: Полонина Боржава) → c7 * Polonyna Kuk (UK: Полонина Кук) → c8 *

Red Polonyna Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...

(UK: Полонина Красна)→ c9 * Svydovets (UK: Свидівець) → c10 * Chornohora (UK: Чорногора) → c11 * Hrynyavy Mountains (UK: Гриняви) → c12

References

Sources

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Maps

Image:Carpathians_Eastern.svg,

, bordered in red and marked with 4 and 5 Image:Carpathians Eastern Outer.svg,

, bordered in red and marked 4 Image:Carpathians Eastern Inner.svg,

, bordered in red and marked 5 Image:Carpathians Subcarpathia.svg, Outer Subcarpathian regions, bordered in red and marked I.

External links

Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Inner Carpathian Valley

Carpathian Mountains: Division (map)
Mountain ranges of Ukraine Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians {{Ukr-geo-stub