Giant Mountains National Park

The Giant Mountains, known as the Karkonosze in Polish, Krkonoše in Czech, and Riesengebirge in German, are part of the mountain range in and form the border between and the .
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  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: Czech and Polish mountain range
  • Also known as: “Giant Mountains”, “Karkonosze”, “Karkonosze / Krkonoše”, “Krkonoše”, and “Riesengebirge”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sněžka and Luční hora.

Peak
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or Śnieżka is a mountain on the border between the and , the most prominent point of the Silesian Ridge in the Giant Mountains.

Peak
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is a mountain in the Giant Mountains mountains in the . It is located in the territory of . It is the second highest mountain in the Czech Republic.

Peak
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or Studničná hora is a cumulus mountain in the Giant Mountains in the . With an altitude of 1,555 m, it is the third-highest peak of the mountain range and the entire country.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karkonosze National Park and Špindlerův Mlýn.

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is a national park in the in Dolnośląskie, . It lies on the border with the . It was made in 1959 and covers an area of 5951 ha.

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Spindler's Mill is a small mountain town in Giant Mountains in Hradec Králové Region in , .

Town
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is a town in in the of the . It has about 700 inhabitants. The town is located on the River in the Giant Mountains, at the base of the highest mountain of the Czech Republic, .

Giant Mountains National Park

Latitude
50.7261° or 50° 43′ 34″ north
Longitude
15.6916° or 15° 41′ 30″ east
Open location code
9F2QPMGR+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5835015379
Wiki­data ID
Q214644
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yakut—“Giant Mountains National Park” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Reusegebergte”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κορκόντοι”
  • Arabic: “كركونوشه”
  • Basque: “Erraldoien mendiak”
  • Belarusian: “Карканошы”
  • Bosnian: “Krkonoše”
  • Breton: “Karkonosze”
  • Breton: “Krkonoše”
  • Bulgarian: “Кърконоше”
  • Catalan: “Karkonosze”
  • Catalan: “Krkonoše”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes gegants”
  • Catalan: “Riesengebirge”
  • Cebuano: “Krkonoše”
  • Chinese: “克尔科诺谢山”
  • Chinese: “克爾科諾謝山”
  • Croatian: “Krkonoše”
  • Czech: “Karkonosze”
  • Czech: “Krkonoše”
  • Danish: “Krkonose/Karkonosze-bjergene”
  • Dutch: “Karkonosze”
  • Dutch: “Krkonose”
  • Dutch: “Reuzegebergte”
  • Dutch: “Reuzengebergte”
  • Dutch: “Riesengebirge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كركونوشه”
  • Esperanto: “Gigantmontaro”
  • Esperanto: “Karkonoŝo”
  • Esperanto: “Krkonoše”
  • Estonian: “Karkonosze”
  • Estonian: “Krkonoše mäestik”
  • Estonian: “Krkonoše”
  • Finnish: “Riesengebirge”
  • French: “Karkonosze”
  • French: “Krkonose”
  • French: “Krkonoše”
  • French: “Monts des Geants”
  • French: “monts des Géants”
  • French: “Monts des Géants”
  • French: “Riesengebirge”
  • Georgian: “ბუმბერაზი მთები”
  • German: “Karkonosze”
  • German: “Krkonose”
  • German: “Krkonoše”
  • German: “Riesengebirge”
  • Greek: “Κρκόνοσε”
  • Hebrew: “הרי הענקים”
  • Hungarian: “Óriás-hegység”
  • Icelandic: “Risafjöll”
  • Indonesian: “Krkonoše”
  • Italian: “Monti dei Giganti”
  • Japanese: “カルコノシェ山地”
  • Japanese: “クルコノシェ”
  • Japanese: “クルコノシェ山地”
  • Japanese: “クルコノシェ山脈”
  • Japanese: “クルコノシュ”
  • Japanese: “リーゼンゲビルゲ山地”
  • Japanese: “リーゼン山脈”
  • Korean: “리젠게비르게 산맥”
  • Korean: “카르코노셰 산맥”
  • Korean: “크르코노셰산맥”
  • Ladin: “Crëps de Giant”
  • Latvian: “Krkonoše”
  • Lithuanian: “Krkonošiai”
  • Lower Silesian: “Riesageberge”
  • Macedonian: “Крконоше”
  • Northern Frisian: “Riisenbergem”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karkonosze/Krkonoše”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karkonosze”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Krakonoše-Karkonosze”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Krkonoše-Karkonosze”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Krkonose”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Krkonoše”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Riesengebirge”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karkonosze”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krkonose”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krkonoše”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Riesengebirge”
  • Norwegian: “Karkonosze/Krkonoše”
  • Persian: “کرکونوشه”
  • Polish: “Karkonosze”
  • Polish: “Krkonoše”
  • Polish: “Riesengebirge”
  • Portuguese: “Montanhas dos Gigantes”
  • Romanian: “Krkonoše”
  • Romanian: “Munţii karkonosze”
  • Romanian: “Munții Karkonosze”
  • Romanian: “Riesengebirge”
  • Russian: “Вандальские горы”
  • Russian: “Исполиновы горы”
  • Russian: “Исполинские горы”
  • Russian: “Карконоше”
  • Russian: “Крконоше”
  • Russian: “Ризенгебирге”
  • Serbian: “Krkonoše”
  • Serbian: “Крконоше”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Krkonoše”
  • Silesian: “Gōry Ôlbrzimie”
  • Silesian: “Gůry Uolbrzimje”
  • Silesian: “Karkůnosze”
  • Slovak: “Krkonoše”
  • Slovenian: “Krkonoše”
  • Slovenian: “Krkonoši”
  • Spanish: “Karkonosze”
  • Spanish: “Krkonose”
  • Spanish: “Krkonoše”
  • Spanish: “Montanas de los Gigantes”
  • Spanish: “Montañas de los Gigantes”
  • Spanish: “Montes Gigantes”
  • Spanish: “Riesengebirge”
  • Swedish: “Karkonosze”
  • Swedish: “Krkonoše”
  • Swedish: “Riesengebirge”
  • Turkish: “Dev Dağlar”
  • Ukrainian: “Ісполінові гори”
  • Ukrainian: “Карконоше”
  • Ukrainian: “Карконоші”
  • Ukrainian: “Крконоше”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Karkonosze”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Krkonoše”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kyrkonoše”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Riesengebirge”
  • Urdu: “سلسلہ کرکونشی”
  • Venetian: “Monti dei Giganti”
  • Western Frisian: “Reuzeberchtme”
  • Western Panjabi: “کرکونشی”
  • Yakut: “Крконоше хайалар”

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