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Pikui

Coordinates: 48°49′48″N 23°00′02″E / 48.83000°N 23.00056°E / 48.83000; 23.00056
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Pikui
Пікуй
The highest peak of Lviv Oblast
Highest point
Elevation1,405 m (4,610 ft)
Coordinates48°49′48″N 23°00′02″E / 48.83000°N 23.00056°E / 48.83000; 23.00056
Geography
Pikui is located in Zakarpattia Oblast
Pikui
Pikui
Ukraine
Pikui is located in Ukraine
Pikui
Pikui
Pikui (Ukraine)
LocationLviv Oblast, Ukraine
Country Ukraine
Parent rangeCarpathian Mountains

Mount Pikui (Ukrainian: Піку́й) at 1,405 metres (4,610 ft), is the highest mountain in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine and part of the Carpathian Mountains, Stryi-San Highland, spine.

Located on the border of Lviv and Zakarpattia Oblast (regions). It is in the Watershed of the Beskids mountain range. Is part of the landscape reserve of national importance "Pikui".[1]
The name of the mountains probably comes from a Thracian or Illyrian origin.[2]

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