Skalnik (mountain)
| Skalnik | |
|---|---|
| German: Friesensteine; Polish: Skalnik; Czech: Skalník | |
Ostra Mała, the rocky subsidiary summit of Skalnik | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 945 m (3,100 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 50°48′30″N 15°54′00″E / 50.80833°N 15.90000°E |
| Geography | |
Skalnik Poland Skalnik Skalnik (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) | |
| Location | Gmina Mysłakowice |
| Country | Poland |
| Parent range | Rudawy Janowickie |
Skalnik is a mountain in the Rudawy Janowickie, a range of the Sudetes, in south-western Poland.[2][3] At a height of 945 metres (3,100 ft), it is the highest peak of the Rudawy Janowickie.[1] A modern GNSS- and LiDAR-based study measured the summit of Skalnik at 944.5 m and the nearby summit of Ostra Mała at 944.8 m.[4]
Geography
Skalnik lies in the southern part of the Rudawy Janowickie and forms a broad, mostly forested summit area.[1] The main summit is wooded and offers limited views, while the rocky outcrop of Ostra Mała serves as the principal viewpoint associated with the mountain.[1][3]
Marked hiking trails reach Skalnik from Czarnów and other localities in the range.[1]
Geology
The Skalnik area reflects the complex geological structure of the Rudawy Janowickie. The range includes metamorphic rocks situated near the eastern contact of the Karkonosze granite intrusion, and its bedrock includes schists, gneisses and metavolcanic rocks.[5]
On the eastern slopes of Skalnik, near Czarnów, historical arsenic-polymetallic mineralisation and mining were developed within the metamorphic cover adjoining the Karkonosze granite.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Rudawy Janowickie – Skalnik – 945 m n.p.m." Korona Gór Polski (in Polish). Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ "Janowickie Mountains". Dolny Śląsk Travel. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Skalnik mountain in Rudawy Janowickie". Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu – Muzeum Cyfrowe. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ^ Kozioł, Krystian; Maciuk, Kamil (2020). "New Heights of the Highest Peaks of Polish Mountain Ranges". Remote Sensing. 12 (9) 1446. doi:10.3390/rs12091446.
- ^ Teisseyre, Juliusz Henryk (1973). "Skały metamorficzne Rudaw Janowickich i Grzbietu Lasockiego" [Metamorphic rocks of the Rudawy Janowickie and the Lasocki Ridge]. Geologia Sudetica (in Polish). 8 (1).
- ^ Mikulski, Stanisław Z. (2010). "The characteristic and genesis of the gold-bearing arsenic polymetallic mineralization in the Czarnów deposit (Western Sudetes)" (PDF). Biuletyn Państwowego Instytutu Geologicznego. 439: 303–320. Retrieved 2 March 2026.