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Morskie Oko ("Sea Eye"), the largest lake in the Tatra mountains, is found at an elevation of 1,395m and is surrounded by peaks that rise about 1,000m above it. The mountain range borders the Belianske Tatras to the east, the Podtatranská kotlina to the south, and the Western Tatras to the west. Most of the range, and all the highest peaks ...
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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Tatra(s) National Park (Slovak: Tatranský národný park; abbr. TANAP) is one of the nine national parks in Slovakia. It is situated in North Central Slovakia in the Tatra Mountains. The park is important for protecting a diverse variety of flora and fauna, with many endemic species, including the Tatra chamois.
Hiking in the High Tatras. Tourism was first developed in the Tatras in the late 19th century, and continues in the 21st. It is the most visited national park in Poland. [3] There are more than 270 kilometres (170 mi) of hiking trails in Tatra National Park. [3]
Some experts believe that the small permanent water bodies known as Batizovské oká situated above 2,200 meters, should hold the record, but they are often omitted from most maps. [4] In the Polish Tatra Mountains, the lowest lake is Toporowy Staw Niżni (1,089 m), and the highest is Zadni Mnichowy Stawek (2,070 m). [1]
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.
Mountain lakes of Czarny Staw pod Rysami and Morskie Oko seen from Rysy. Rysy ( Polish: [ˈrɨsɨ] ⓘ ; Slovak: [ˈrisi] ; German : Meeraugspitze , Hungarian : Tengerszem-csúcs ) is a mountain in the crest of the High Tatras , eastern part of the Tatra Mountains , lying on the border between Poland and Slovakia .