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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.
The Tatra Mountains form a natural border between Poland to the north and Slovakia to the south, and the two countries have cooperated since the early 20th century on efforts to protect the area. Slovakia created an adjoining national park , and UNESCO later designated the area a transboundary biosphere reserve .
The Tatra National Park protects the Slovak areas of the High Tatras mountain range in the Eastern Tatras (Východné Tatry) ranges, and areas of the Western Tatras (Západné Tatry) ranges. [1] The west part of the Tatra National Park is situated in the Žilina Region and the east part in the Prešov Region.
The last death as a result of a bear attack in Slovakia occurred in 2021, local media reported. ... a town near the High Tatra mountains, as the victim was picking mushrooms with another person ...
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 ...
Jasna, Slovakia’s largest ski resort, and in the Tatra Mountains, has 50km of steady slopes running down two sides of Mount Chopok for a great-value classic ski getaway. Easy pistes, peaks above ...
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.
Giewont (Polish pronunciation: [ˈɡʲɛvɔnt] ⓘ) is a mountain massif in the Tatra Mountains of Poland.Its highest peak, Great Giewont (Wielki Giewont), is 1,894 metres (6,214 ft) above sea level and one of the highest peaks of the Western Tatras (Polish: Tatry Zachodnie) located entirely within Poland's borders.