Nature reserve "Gorhany"

Address:

Vyzvolennia Str., 22,

Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivsk region, 

tel.:+38 (03475) 26235, 23699; 

e-mail:gorgany@base.nd.if.ua 

Description:

Territory – 5300 ha.

Reserve is situated in the most inaccessible mountainous and rocky part of Gorgany – Dovbushanski Gorgany. Its peaks and upper slopes are covered with rocky fields created by yamnenskyi sandstone. Such fields have a local name “gorgany”. They occupy 605 ha that is more than 11 % of total reserve’s area. For Dovbushanskyi massif is typical long ridges with sharp peaks and steep north-east and gently sloping south-west hillsides. The highest peaks are Dovbushanka and Medvezhyk with the heights 1754 m and 1736 m above sea level correspondingly. Reserve is situated within 750 m and 1750 m height.

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