Tarnica

West View of Tarnica (January 2008)

The Tarnica is with 1346m the highest mountain of the Polish Bieszczady in the extreme southeast of the country in the powiat Bieszczadzki of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship near the border with Ukraine.

The summit of Tarnica ( Tarnica called on Romanian saddle, see its shape ) dominates the valley of the mountain river Wołosaty by nearly 500 meters. From the neighboring mountains it is easy to distinguish by their shape. The mountain has two separate peaks, one of which in 1339 and the other 1346 meters high. The south-facing slope consists of a steep rock face, the opposite side from less steep grass and scree fields.

The Tarnica is close to the European long-distance hiking trail E8 in the Bieszczady National Park and can be reached by Ustrzyk Górne or of Wołosate from. In the mountain ranges adjacent to the other highest peaks in the Bieszczady as the Krzemień ( 1335 m) and the Halicz are ( 1333 m).