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Wielki Szyszak

Elevation
1,509 m
#11,297
in the world
#39
in Poland
333 m
prominence

Wielki Szyszak is a mountain in Poland and Czech Republic, rising to 1,509 m, the 39th highest in Poland, part of the Sudetes.

Elevation
1,509 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
333 m
Height above its key col
Isolation
9.2 km
To the nearest higher ground
World rank
#11,297
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Wielki Szyszak

Wielki Szyszak sits on the border between Poland and Czech Republic, and is counted in each.

Key facts

Elevation
1,509 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
333 m
Isolation
9.2 km
Type
Mountain
Range
Region
Lower Silesia
Coordinates
50.777, 15.569

How it ranks

Among peaks in Poland
#39of 61
LargestSmallest
In the Sudetes
#2of 7
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#11,297of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Śmielec - 1424 m npm Karkonosze1,424 m0.7 km
Velký Šišák1,424 m1.2 km
Violík1,460 m1.8 km
Dívčí Kameny1,413 m2.3 km
Sokolník1,384 m3.2 km
Kotel1,435 m3.9 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Wielki Szyszak.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
Jelenia GóraPoland77,36618 km
Jablonec nad NisouCzech Republic46,20929 km
Kamienna GóraPoland21,74333 km
TrutnovCzech Republic31,39834 km
LiberecCzech Republic102,95136 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.