Poľana Protected Landscape Area

Infobox_protected_area
name = Poľana Protected Landscape Area
"CHKO Poľana"
iucn_category = V


caption =
location = Central Slovakia: Poľana Mts.
lat_degrees = 48
lat_minutes = 37
lat_seconds =
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 19
long_minutes = 28
long_seconds =
long_direction = E
area = 203.6 km² (78.6 mi²)
established = 12 August 1981
governing_body = "Správa CHKO Poľana" (Poľana PLA administration) in Zvolen

Poľana Mountains Protected Landscape Area ( _sk. 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), [ [http://uzemia.enviroportal.sk/main/detail/cislo/205 Badínsky prales at enviroportal.sk] ] Zadná Poľana (1953) [ [http://uzemia.enviroportal.sk/main/detail/cislo/383 Zadná Poľana at enviroportal.sk] ] and Boky (1964), [ [http://uzemia.enviroportal.sk/main/detail/cislo/216 Boky at enviroportal.sk] ] and the nature monuments of Bátovský balvan Rock (1964) [ [http://uzemia.enviroportal.sk/main/detail/cislo/209 Bátovský balvan at enviroportal.sk] ] and Kalamárka (1977). [ [http://uzemia.enviroportal.sk/main/detail/cislo/295 Kalamárka at enviroportal.sk] ]

Geography

The highest mountains are Poľana at Unit height|m|1457.8|1 and Predná Poľana at Unit height|m|1367|1.

References

External links

* [http://www.slovakia.travel/entitaview.aspx?l=2&ami=108035&smi=108035&llt=1&idp=2323 Poľana PLA] at [http://www.slovakia.travel/intropage.aspx?l=2 Slovakia.travel]
* [http://www.polana.slovanet.sk/index_en.htm Podpoľanie Region] situated at Poľana