Szczeliniec Wielki

Szczeliniec Wielki
German: Große Heuscheuer; Polish: Szczeliniec Wielki; Czech: Velká Hejšovina
View of the massif near Karłów (Szczeliniec Mały and Szczeliniec Wielki)
Highest point
Elevation919 m (3,015 ft)
Coordinates50°29′02″N 16°20′38″E / 50.48389°N 16.34389°E / 50.48389; 16.34389
Geography
Szczeliniec Wielki
Poland
LocationLower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Parent rangeStołowe Mountains (Table Mountains), Sudetes

Szczeliniec Wielki (German: Große Heuscheuer) is the highest peak of the Stołowe Mountains (Table Mountains) in south-western Poland, within the Stołowe Mountains National Park (Polish: Park Narodowy Gór Stołowych). It rises above the villages of Karłów and Pasterka, close to the Czech border, and is one of the best-known sandstone table mountains of the Sudetes.

The summit plateau is a sandstone massif dissected by fissures, corridors and rock labyrinths with named formations and viewing terraces. Depending on the reference, the height is also given as 922 m in some publications, while the national park’s tourist information commonly gives 919 m.

The highest point is a rock called Fotel Pradziada (“Armchair of Great Grandfather”).