Jura Mountains
Małopolskie Province is in the south of Poland, on the border with Slovakia. Its name is often rendered in English as "Lesser Poland". Geographically it has the heights of the Tatras Mountains, rolling countryside of woodlands and farms, and the strange depths of its salt mines.
- Plateau with an elevation of around 600 metres (1,970 feet)
- Description: upland mountains of Poland
- Also known as“Kraków-Częstochowa Upland”“Polish Jura”“Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Julianka.
Julianka
Railway station
Julianka is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Jura Mountains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sieraków and Sygontka.
Zalesice
Village
Zalesice is a village in the administrative district…
Jura Mountains
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Latitude
50.75° or 50° 45′ north
Longitude
19.5° or 19° 30′ east
Open location code
9F2XQG22+22
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Jura Mountains” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska”
- Chinese: “克拉科夫-琴斯托霍瓦高地”
- Croatian: “Krakovsko-čenstohovske Jure”
- Czech: “Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska”
- Czech: “Krakovsko-čenstochovská jura”
- Czech: “Krakovsko-čenstochovská vysočina”
- Czech: “Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska”
- Danish: “Kraków-Częstochowa Jura”
- French: “Jura cracovien”
- French: “Jura polonais”
- French: “Plateau de Cracovie-Częstochowa”
- German: “Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska”
- German: “Krakau-Częstochowa-Hochland”
- German: “Krakau-Tschenstochauer Jura”
- German: “Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska”
- Greek: “Υψίπεδο Κρακοβίας-Τσενστοχόβα”
- Italian: “Altopiano di Cracovia-Częstochowa”
- Italian: “Giura polacco”
- Japanese: “クラクフ・チェンストホーヴァ高地”
- Japanese: “クラクフ＝チェンストホヴァ高原”
- Ladin: “Krakau-Tschenstochauer Jura”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den polske jurakjeden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den polske jurakjeda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska”
- Norwegian: “Den polske jurakjeden”
- Polish: “Jura Krakowska”
- Polish: “Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska”
- Polish: “Jura Polska”
- Polish: “Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska”
- Polish: “Wyżyna Krakowsko-Wieluńska”
- Russian: “Краковско-Ченстоховская возвышенность”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Krakovsko-čenstohovske Jure”
- Slovak: “Krakovsko-čenstochovská vrchovina”
- Slovak: “Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska”
- Slovenian: “Krakovsko-Čenstohovsko višavje”
- Slovenian: “Krakovsko-Čestohovsko višavje”
- Slovenian: “Poljska Jura”
- Turkish: “Kraków-Częstochowa Yaylası”
- Ukrainian: “Краківсько-Ченстоховське нагір’я”
- Ukrainian: “Краковсько-Ченстоховське нагір’я”
- Venetian: “Altipian de Cracovia-Częstochowa”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng cao Kraków-Częstochowa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Julianka and Staropole.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Złoty Potok and jaskinia ostrężnicka.
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