Czeskie Kamienie or Mužské kameny ( or 'Man Rocks' in Polish and

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respectively), and Śląskie Kamienie or Dívčí kameny ( or 'Maiden Rocks'), is a twin peak and a rock formation in the

Giant Mountains The Giant Mountains, Krkonoše, or Karkonosze (Czech: , , ), are a mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland, part of the Sudetes mountain system (part of the Bohemian Massif). The Czech–Polish bor ...

, on the Czech–Polish border.

Location and description

The twin peak is located in the western part of the

, on the Czech–Polish border between Śmielec and the Przełęcz Karkonoska. The twin peak is within the

Krkonoše The Giant Mountains, Krkonoše, or Karkonosze (Czech: , , ), are a mountain range located in the north of the Czech Republic and the south-west of Poland, part of the Sudetes mountain system (part of the Bohemian Massif). The Czech–Polish bor ...

and Karkonosze national parks, on the Polish–Czech Friendship Trail. Czeskie Kamienie is located west of Śląskie Kamienie. Czeskie Kamienie is up to 11 m high and form a 50 m long

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

wall. West of it is a small blockfield.

Monuments

A stone monument reminds the tragedy of the Czech journalist Richard Kalman, who died here during a snow storm on 14 January 1929.

References

{{reflist Mountains of Poland Mountains and hills of the Czech Republic Czech Republic–Poland border International mountains of Europe