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Elbe Sandstone Mountains (Czech Republic and Germany)

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Geographic headingElbe Sandstone Mountains (Czech Republic and Germany)
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Geographic subdivision usageElbe Sandstone Mountains (Czech Republic and Germany)
Variant(s)Böhmische Schweiz (Czech Republic and Germany)
České Švýcarsko (Czech Republic and Germany)
Českosaské Švýcarsko (Czech Republic and Germany)
Děčínská Vrchovina (Czech Republic and Germany)
Děčínské Stěny (Czech Republic and Germany)
Elbe Sandstone Rocks (Czech Republic and Germany)
Elbe Sandstone Rocks (Czechoslovakia and Germany)
Elbsandsteingebirge (Czech Republic and Germany)
Labské pískovce (Czech Republic and Germany)
Sächsisch-Böhmische Schweiz (Czech Republic and Germany)
See alsoMountains--Czech Republic
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Mountains--Germany
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Found inGEOnet Names Server, 25 February 2022 (Děčínská Vrchovina (approved, Czechia), Elbsandstein Gebirge (approved, Germany); variants: Českosaské Švýcarsko, Děčínské Stěny, Labské Piskovcove Pohoří, Sächsisch-Böhmische Schweiz; feature designation: mountains)
Wikipedia, 25 February 2022 (Elbe Sandstone Mountains, also called the Elbe Sandstone Highlands; mountain range on border between Saxony (Germany) and North Bohemian region of Czech Republic; three quarters of area on German side; Saxon Switzerland and Bohemian Switzerland national parks, known also as Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland, are located within the territory of Elbe Sandstone Mountains)
German Wikipedia, 25 February 2022 (Elbsandsteingebirge; German part generally known as Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Switzerland), Czech part as České Švýcarsko (Bohemian Switzerland); nowadays called more often "Sächsisch-Böhmische Schweiz" in derivation therefrom)
Columbia gaz. of the world, 1998 (Elbe Sandstone Rocks; Czech: Labské piskovce; protected landscape region, Severocesy prov., N. Bohemia, Czech Republic; frequently called Bohemian Switzerland, Czech: České Švýcarsko; s.v. Saxonian Switzerland: Ger. Sächsische Schweiz, properly called Elbsandsteingebirge, E central Germany)
Merriam-Webster's geog. dict., 1997 (Saxon Switzerland)
Britannica academic online, 28 February 2022 (s.v. Elbe River: Elbe Sandstone Mountains)