Polish–Slovak border

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The Polish–Slovak border is the international boundary running mainly through the Carpathian Mountains that separates Poland from Slovakia in Central Europe.

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international border
state border
country1 Poland
country2 Slovakia
crossesProtectedArea Tatra National Park
surface form: Tatra National Park (Poland)

Tatra National Park (Slovakia)
surface form: Tatranský národný park (Slovakia)
enteredSchengenRegimeOn 2007-12-21
establishedInYear 1918
followsMountainRange Beskids
surface form: Beskid Mountains

Carpathian Mountains
Tatra Mountains
hasApproximateLength 336 mi
541 km
hasBorderCrossingType pedestrian border crossing
rail border crossing
road border crossing
hasBorderRiver Białka
Dunajec River
surface form: Dunajec

Orava
Poprad
hasHistoricalDispute border around the Orava region
border around the Spiš region
hasHistoricalPredecessor Austro-Hungarian–Russian border in the Carpathians
hasLanguageOnSide Polish
Slovak
hasMajorRailCrossing Muszyna–Plaveč rail crossing
Zwardoń–Skalité rail crossing
hasMajorRoadCrossing Barwinek–Vyšný Komárnik border crossing
Polish–Slovak border self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chyżne–Trstená border crossing

Jurgów–Podspády border crossing
hasNearbyCity Nowy Targ
Prešov
Zakopane
Žilina
highestPoint Rysy
highestPointElevation 2503 m
locatedInRegion Central Europe
lowestPoint confluence of the Dunajec and Poprad rivers
partOf Schengen Area
surface form: European Union internal borders

Schengen Area
surface form: Schengen Area internal borders
redefinedInYear 1945
separatesFormerEntities Czechoslovakia
First Czechoslovak Republic
Polish People’s Republic
surface form: People's Republic of Poland

Second Polish Republic
traversesHistoricalRegion Lemkivshchyna
Orava
Podhale
Spiš
usedAs EU internal land border
NATO internal border

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Dunajec River borderSectionName Polish–Slovak border
Pieniny Mountains borderRegionOf Polish–Slovak border
this entity surface form: Poland–Slovakia border
Eastern Slovakia hasBorderCrossing Polish–Slovak border
this entity surface form: Slovakia–Poland border
Kasprowy Wierch partOf Polish–Slovak border
Orava dividedBy Polish–Slovak border
this entity surface form: Slovak–Polish border
Huta Pass nearbyFeature Polish–Slovak border
Piwniczna-Zdrój hasNearbyBorderCrossing Polish–Slovak border
this entity surface form: Poland–Slovakia border region
Low Beskids crossedBy Polish–Slovak border
Polish–Slovak border hasMajorRoadCrossing Polish–Slovak border self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chyżne–Trstená border crossing
Lemko region borderedBy Polish–Slovak border
Beskids crosses Polish–Slovak border
Dukla Pass War Memorial locatedInRegion Polish–Slovak border
this entity surface form: Slovak–Polish border region
Liliowe Pass isPartOfBorder Polish–Slovak border
Świnicka Pass isPartOf Polish–Slovak border
Cicha (Tichá) Valley borderRegion Polish–Slovak border
this entity surface form: Polish-Slovak border
Schronisko PTTK na Polanie Chochołowskiej locatedNear Polish–Slovak border
this entity surface form: Slovak–Polish border
Grześ isOnBorder Polish–Slovak border
this entity surface form: Poland–Slovakia border (ridge area nearby)
Rakoń locatedIn Polish–Slovak border
this entity surface form: Polish-Slovak border region
Sea Eye locatedNear Polish–Slovak border
mountain hut Schronisko PTTK Morskie Oko hasNearbyBorder Polish–Slovak border
subject surface form: Schronisko PTTK Morskie Oko
this entity surface form: Poland–Slovakia border