East Carpathians Protected Landscape Area
East Carpathians Protected Landscape Area is a protected landscape area in north-eastern Slovakia, in the Prešov Region, in the Carpathian Mountains. The PLA occupies a slice of land along with the border with Poland. The park was first created in 1977, when it was originally larger than today, occupying area of 968.1 km2 until 1997, when the Poloniny National Park was created in the eastern part, reducing the area into 253.07 km2.