The Opawskie Mountains (Polish: Góry Opawskie, German: Oppagebirge) or Zlatohorská Highlands / Zlaté Hory Highlands (Czech: Zlatohorská vrchovina, German: Zuckmanteler Bergland) are a mountain range of the Eastern Sudetes in the Czech Republic and Poland.

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Opawskie Mountains/ Zlatohorská (Zlaté Hory) Highlands
Mt. Parkowa (Chrobrego) massif
Highest point
Peak	Příčný vrch
Elevation	975 m (3,199 ft)
Coordinates	50°13′12″N 17°23′2″E
Geography
Location of the Czech part
Countries	Czech Republic and Poland
Regions	Olomouc Region (CZ), Moravian-Silesian Region (CZ) and Opole Voivodeship (PL)
Range coordinates	50°17′N 17°27′E
Parent range	Eastern Sudetes
Borders on	Golden Mountains and Hrubý Jeseník
Geology
Orogeny	Caledonian orogeny
Age of rock	Devonian and Carboniferous (Tournaisian-Viséan)
Type of rock	Metamorphic rocks (gneiss, amphibolite, quartzite, phyllite), Granite and Culm Measures

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The Opawskie Mountains stretch from northern Czech Silesia into Polish Upper Silesia, the eastern continuation of the Golden Mountains range. It borders on the Nízký Jeseník range in the south and the Hrubý Jeseník (High Ash Mountains) in the southwest. The Polish part of the range includes the protected area known as Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park. It is named after the Opava River with its source in the neighbouring Hrubý Jeseník range. The highest peak is Příčný vrch (975 meters above sea level).