Poľana

{{Short description|Mountain range in Slovakia}}

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Poľana is a small mountain range in central Slovakia. It lies in the north-eastern part of the Slovak Central Mountains within the Western Carpathians Mountains. The highest hill is Poľana - an inactive stratovolcano - at 1,458 m (4,873 ft) ASL.{{Cite web |title=Polana |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/mab/polana# |access-date=2 June 2025 |website=UNESCO.org}}

The mountain range is bordered by Slovak Ore Mountains in the east, more precisely its subdivision the Vepor Mountains, and by the Zvolen Basin in the south and west.

Since 12 August 1981 the area has been protected as part of the Poľana Protected Landscape Area.{{Cite web |title=Protected landscape area Poľana - Slovakia.travel |url=https://slovakia.travel/en/protected-landscape-area-polana |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250320053906/https://slovakia.travel/en/protected-landscape-area-polana |archive-date=2025-03-20 |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=slovakia.travel |language=en}}J. Švajda, M. Káčerová, T. Kohler, H. Meessen. 2014. PROTECTED LANDSCAPE AREA AND BIOSPHERE RESERVE POĽANA. Baseline Study, Final Draft. Prepared for development of nature conservation and of protected areas in the Slovak Carpathians. Slovak-Swiss Cooperation Programme. [https://www.sopsr.sk/dokumenty/polana_2013.pdf] Municipalities nearby include Hrochoť, Očová, Detva, Hriňová and Ľubietová.