Poľana Protected Landscape Area

Poľana Protected Landscape Area CHKO Poľana
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location	Central Slovakia: Poľana Mts.
Coordinates	48°37′N 19°28′E / 48.617°N 19.467°E / 48.617; 19.467Coordinates: 48°37′N 19°28′E / 48.617°N 19.467°E / 48.617; 19.467
Area	203.6 km² (78.6 sq mi)
Established	12 August 1981
Governing body	Správa CHKO Poľana (Poľana PLA administration) in Zvolen

Poľana Mountains Protected Landscape Area (Slovak: Chránená krajinná oblasť Poľana) is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area is situated in the Poľana Mountains, part of the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains, in Central Slovakia. It is situated in the Banská Bystrica, Brezno, Detva, and Zvolen districts.

Poľana was declared a UNESCO biosphere reserve on 27 March 1990.

History

The Protected Landscape Area was established on 12 August 1981, and the law was amended on 3 September 2004. Protected areas declared before include the national nature reserves of Badínsky prales Old Growth Forest (1913),^[1] Zadná Poľana (1953)^[2] and Boky (1964), ^[3] and the nature monuments of Bátovský balvan Rock (1964)^[4] and Kalamárka (1977).^[5]

Geography

The highest mountains are Poľana at 1,457.8 m (4,783 ft) and Predná Poľana at 1,367 m (4,485 ft).

References

External links

Poľana PLA at Slovakia.travel
Podpoľanie Region situated at Poľana

National parks and protected landscape areas of Slovakia

National parks	Low Tatras Malá Fatra Muránska planina Pieniny Poloniny Slovak Karst Slovak Paradise Tatra National Park Veľká Fatra

Protected landscape areas	Cerová vrchovina Dunajské luhy East Carpathians Horná Orava Kysuce Latorica Little Carpathians Poľana Ponitrie Strážov Mountains Štiavnica Mountains Vihorlat White Carpathians Záhorie

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