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Śląskie Kamienie

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Elevation
  
1,413 m

Parent range
  
Krkonoše

Mountain range
  
Krkonoše

Śląskie Kamienie wwwsummitpostorgimagesoriginal580783jpg

Location
  
Czech Republic / Poland

Easiest route
  
public path marked red from Okraj

Similar
  
Czeskie Kamienie, Wielki Szyszak, Śmielec, Mały Szyszak, Łabski Szczyt

Śląskie Kamienie or Dívčí kameny ("Silesian Rocks" or "Maiden Rocks"), 1,413 metres (4,636 ft) and Czeskie Kamienie or Mužské kameny ("Czech Rocks" or "Man Rocks" in Polish and Czech respectively), 1,416 metres (4,646 ft) is a twin peak and a rock formation situated in the western part of Karkonosze on Polish and Czech border within the Karkonosze National Park on the Polish–Czech Friendship Trail. The rocks are up to 8 m high.

Contents

Map of Czeskie Kamienie

Location

The twin peak is located in the main ridge, between Śmielec and the Przełęcz Karkonoska. The border straddles the peak. A stone monument reminds the tragedy of the Czech journalist Rudolf Kalman, who died here during a snow storm on 14 January 1929.

References

Śląskie Kamienie Wikipedia