Tatra Mountains
The Tatra mountains, Tatras or Tatra (in Polish and Slovak Tatry), constitute a mountain range on the border of Poland and Slovakia, and are the highest section of the Carpathian Mountains. The major part, and all the highest peaks, of the range are situated in Slovakia; the largest mountain lakes can be found in Poland. The highest Tatra peak, at 2655 m, is the Gerlachovský štít, (formerly Franz Joseph Peak), located in Slovakia. Rysy, at 2499 m, is the highest Polish peak (on the Polish-Slovak border).
The area is a well-known winter sports area, with resorts such as Poprad and the town (Mesto) Vysoké Tatry in Slovakia (in English literally (Town of the) High Tatras; created in 1999 and including the former separate resorts Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec, and Tatranská Lomnica), and Zakopane, the "Winter Capital" of Poland.
The Tatras consist of the Western Tatras (Slovak: Západné Tatry, Polish: Tatry Zachodnie) and the Eastern Tatras (Východné Tatry, Tatry Wschodnie). The Eastern Tatras, in turn, consists of the High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry, Tatry Wysokie) and the Belianske Tatras (Belianske Tatry, Tatry Bielskie). The High Tatras, with their 24 (or 25) peaks over 2500 m above sea level, are, together with the Southern Carpathians, the only mountain ranges with an Alpine character in the whole 1200 km length of the Carpathian Mountain range. subsequent forest fire, and the local ecology will take many years to recover fully.
TATRA MOUNTAIN PEAKS:
- In Eastern Tatras:
- Gerlachov Peak - 2654 m. (Slovakia)
- Lomnický štít - 2634 m. (Slovakia)
- Rysy - 2503 m. (Slovakia/Poland)
- Kriváň - 2495 m. (Slovakia)
- Slavkovsky štít - 2452 m. (Slovakia)
- Svinica - 2301 m. (Slovakia/Poland)
- Široká - 2210 m. (Slovakia)
- Havran - 2151 m. (Slovakia)
- Kresanica - 2122 m. (Slovakia/Poland)
- Veľká kopa - 2052 m. (Slovakia)
- Kasprowy Wierch - 1987 m. (Slovakia/Poland)
- Brestová - 1934 m. (Slovakia)
- Sivý vrch - 1809 m. (Slovakia)
- Osobita - 1687 m. (Slovakia)
- Lučna - 1653 m. (Slovakia/Poland)
- In Western Tatras:
- Bystrá - 2248 m. (Slovakia)
- Baranec - 2184 m. (Slovakia)
- Banikov/Banówka - 2178 m. (Slovakia)
- Klin/Starobociański Wierch - 2176 m. (Slovakia/Poland)
- Volovec - 2064 m. (Slovakia/Poland)
- Giewont - 1984 m. (Poland)
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_Mountains)
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