Hrubý Jeseník
This article is about mountain range of Eastern Sudetes. For settlement in Central Bohemia, see Hrubý Jeseník (Nymburk District).
Hrubý Jeseník (German: Altvatergebirge or Hohes Gesenke, Polish: Jesionik Wysoki, English: High Ash Mountains) is a mountain range of Eastern Sudetes in northern Moravia and Czech Silesia. It is the second highest mountain range in the Czech Republic.
Its best known natural sights include:
- Praděd, its highest mountain
- Powerful pumped storage plant Dlouhé stráně
- Natural reserve Rejvíz, with moss lakes
- The town of Jeseník – Priessnitz spa (from a strictly geomorphic point of view Jeseník lies in a valley that is an extension of Opawskie Mountains ("Zlatohorská vrchovina"), but being partially surrounded by Hrubý Jeseník, the town is commonly associated with it)
- Devil Stones ("Čertovy kameny"), Peter's Stones ("Petrovy kameny")
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TV and lookout tower on summit of Praděd
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Upper reservoir of Dlouhé stráně
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Great Moss Lake at Rejvíz
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Devil Stones
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Peter's Stones
Coordinates: 50°05′N 17°10′E / 50.083°N 17.167°E
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