The Pálava Protected Landscape Area (abbreviated Pálava PLA; Czech: Chráněná krajinná oblast Pálava, abbreviated CHKO Pálava) is a protected landscape area and a UNESCO biosphere reserve located in the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic, on the border with Austria. The highest point is Děvín with its 550 metres (1,800 ft) a.s.l.
Děvín (German: Mayden Berg) is a double peak mountain in the Pavlov municipality in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. With an elevation of 550 metres (1,800 ft), it is the highest mountain of the Pavlov Hills within the Mikulov Highlands, and of the Pálava Protected Landscape Area.
It is located right on trace where runs line of drainage divide of Upper Thaya drainage and Thaya/Morava meso-level drainage.