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The Tatras are distinct from the Low Tatras (Slovak: Nízke Tatry), a separate Slovak mountain range further south. The Tatra Mountains occupy an area of 785 square kilometres (303 sq mi), of which about 610 square kilometres (236 sq mi) (77.7%) lie within Slovakia and about 175 square kilometres (68 sq mi) (22.3%) within Poland.
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The Western Tatras (Slovak: Západné Tatry; Polish: Tatry Zachodnie) are mountains in the Tatras, part of the Carpathian Mountains, located on the Polish-Slovak border. The mountains border the High Tatras in the east, Podtatranská kotlina in the south, Choč Mountains in the west and Rów Podtatrzański in the north.
The Górale people ("highlanders"), a group of indigenous people with a distinctive traditional culture, are of the High Tatras and other mountain ranges and valleys in the Tatra Mountains region. Ludwig Greiner identified Gerlachovský štít (Gerlachovský Peak) (2,665 metres (8,743 ft)) as the highest summit of the Tatra Mountains , and the ...
It is limited to mountain peaks with, if known, an elevation of at least 200 metres (660 feet) above sea level, and may include those considered as hills. The distinction between a hill and a mountain in terms of elevation is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be less tall and less steep than a mountain. [2]
The park has over 30 mountain lakes, called staw (Polish: pond). These water bodies are an important part of the High Tatra landscape. The largest lakes are: Morskie Oko with an area of 349,000 m 2 and maximum depth of 50.8 metres (167 ft)); and Wielki Staw Polski with an area of 344,000 m 2 and maximum depth of 79.3 metres (260 ft)).
The Eastern Tatras form part of the European Tatra Mountains range in Poland and Slovakia. The term is rarely used, with the area more commonly referred to as the High Tatras and the Belianske Tatras (Slovak: Belianske Tatry) ranges. [1]
This list includes the 20 largest lakes in the Tatra Mountains by surface area. The data is based on measurements conducted by the Polish Military Geographical Institute in 1934 [6] [7] and by the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava from the 1960s, with updates in subsequent years. [8]