High Tatras

High Tatras
High Tatras
Vysoké Tatry, Tatry Wysokie
Mountain Range
Panorama of High Tatras, mountains from left to right: Gerlachovský štít, Batizovský štít, Kačací štít, Končistá, Gánok, Vysoká, and Rysy
Countries Slovakia, Poland
Part of Eastern Tatras
Highest point Gerlachovský štít
 - elevation 2,655 m (8,711 ft)
 - coordinates 49°10′N 20°08′E / 49.167°N 20.133°E / 49.167; 20.133
Location of the High Tatras in Slovakia and Poland
Location of the High Tatras in Slovakia and Poland
Location of the High Tatras in the Western part of the Prešov Region
Location of the High Tatras in the Western part of the Prešov Region

High Tatras or High Tatra (Slovak and Czech: Vysoké Tatry, Polish: Tatry Wysokie) are a mountain range on the borders between Slovakia and Poland. They are a part of the Tatra Mountains. The High Tatras, with their 17 peaks over 2500 m AMSL, are, together with the Southern Carpathians, the only mountain ranges with an alpine character in the whole 1200 km length of the Carpathian Mountains.

The mountain range borders Belianske Tatras to the east, Podtatranská kotlina to the south and Western Tatras to the west. The major part and all the highest peaks of the mountains are situated in Slovakia. The highest peak is Gerlachovský štít at 2,655 m. Many rare and endemic animals and plant species are native to the High Tatras. Large predators, such as the bear, Eurasian lynx, marten, wolf and fox live there.

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Description

The area is well known for winter sports. Ski resorts include Štrbské pleso, Starý Smokovec and Tatranská Lomnica in Slovakia and Zakopane in Poland. The town of Poprad is the gateway to the Slovak Tatra resorts.

The first European cross-border national park was founded here—Tatra National Park—Tatranský národný park in Slovakia in 1948 and Tatrzański Park Narodowy in Poland in 1954.

Parts of the Eragon movie were filmed here.

Peaks

Highest peaks

Valley
The alpine character of the High Tatras attracts mountaineers
Mountain huts such as this one half way up Lomnický štít are a common sight in the High Tatras.

The 15 highest peaks of the High Tatras—all located in Slovakia—are:[1]

Peak Elevation (m|ft)
Gerlachovský štít 2,655 8,711
Gerlachovská veža 2,642 8,668
Lomnický štít 2,633 8,638
Ľadový štít 2,627 8,619
Pyšný štít 2,623 8,605
Zadný Gerlach 2,616 8,583
Lavínový štít 2,606 8,550
Malý Ľadový štít 2,602 8,537
Kotlový štít 2,601 8,533
Lavínová veža 2,600 8,530
Malý Pyšný štít 2,591 8,501
Veľká Litvorová veža 2,581 8 468
Strapatá veža 2,565 8,415
Kežmarský štít 2,556 8,386
Vysoká 2,547 8,356

Other notable peaks

Mountain lakes

Major lakes

Veľké Žabie pleso (Mengusovské) lake in Žabia Valley

Other lakes

  • Zmrzlé pleso
  • Ťažké pleso
  • Ľadové pleso
  • Batizovské pleso
  • Veľké Spišské pleso - 2,019 m, 10 m deep.
  • Veľké Žabie pleso (Mengusovské) - 1,921 m, 7 m deep
  • Vysne Bielovoeske Zabie pleso - 1,699 m, 25 m deep.
  • Nizne Bielovodske Zabie pleso - 1,675 m, 21 m deep.
  • Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy - 1,624 m, 51 m deep.

Panorama of the High Tatras from Poprad.

Notable people

Ludwig Greiner identified Gerlachovský Peak as the summit of the Tatras, Carpathians.

See also

References

  • The Tatras: High, Western, Bela's (1:50,000 hiking map) BBKart/Marco Polo 2005.

External links

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