Pannonian island mountains explained

The Pannonian island mountains (sr|{{lang|sr-Cyrl|Панонске острвске планине, hr|Panonske otočne planine) is a term for isolated mountains scattered across the Pannonian Plain, chiefly its western and southern parts, in Hungary, Serbia and Croatia. In prehistoric times, these mountains were islands of the ancient Pannonian Sea that disappeared about 600,000 years ago.

The island mountains include:

Croatia^[1]

• Central Slavonian Mountains:
  • • • Dilj Krndija
  • Papuk
  • Psunj
  • Požeška Gora
• Medvednica in western Croatia

Hungary^[2]

• Transdanubian Mountains of western Hungary:
  • Bakony
  • Buda Hills
  • Gerecse
  • Pilis Mountains
  • Vértes Hills
  • Velence Mountains
• Mecsek, in south Hungary
• Kőszeg Mountains (Geschriebenstein), on Hungary–Austria border
• Baranya Hills

Serbia (autonomous province of Vojvodina)^[3]

• • Fruška Gora Vršac Mountains

See also

• Danubian Hills of Slovakia

Notes and References

1. Web site: otočno gorje . Hrvatska enciklopedija . 11 August 2017.
2. Book: Földvary. G. Z.. Geology of the Carpathian Region. 1 February 1988. World Scientific Publishing Co Inc. 978-981-310-382-5. 308–.
3. Dragan Rodić, Geografija za I ili III razred srednje škole, Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva, Beograd, 1995.