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Gerlachovský štít (Slovak pronunciation ⓘ, translated into English as Gerlachov Peak, German: Gerlsdorfer Spitze, Hungarian: Gerlachfalvi-csúcs), informally referred to as Gerlach, is the highest peak in the High Tatras, in Slovakia, and in the Carpathian Mountains. Its elevation is usually listed at 2654.4 m above mean sea level. The ...
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians (/ k ɑːr ˈ p eɪ θ i ən z /) are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe. Roughly 1,500 km (930 mi) long, it is the third-longest European mountain range after the Urals at 2,500 km (1,600 mi) and the Scandinavian Mountains at 1,700 km (1,100 mi).
Moldoveanu peak (2544 m) is the highest in Romania and one of the highest peaks of the Carpathians [12] Lake Bucura in the Retezat Mountains. From east to west, four mountain groups can be identified, separated by different river valleys. Bucegi Mountains group – between the Prahova and Dâmbovița Rivers. Bucegi Mountains (Munții Bucegi)
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 highest peak, called Gerlachovský štít, at 2,655 m (8710 ft), is located north of Poprad, entirely
[Kriváň] is generally said to be the highest of all the Alps in the Carpathian chain; but this opinion is not supposed to be founded upon any measurement. [ 3 ] The relative elevations of the two mountains were determined by the English natural historian Robert Townson , who ascended both peaks in August 1793 and also made an early recorded ...
In Rabka, the trail entered the Gorce Mountains. It climbed to the highest peak in the range, Turbacz, via Stare Wierchy mountain hut . It led through the southwestern ridge of Lubań Range – through Kiczora , Runek , Lubań , and Średni Groń – then descended to Krościenko. [47] [71]
The mean elevation is 473 m (1,552 ft) and the highest peaks are: Velká Javořina/Veľká Javorina, 970 m (3,180 ft) Chmeľová, 925 m (3,035 ft) Jelenec, 925 m (3,035 ft) Velký Lopeník/Veľký Lopeník, 911 m (2,989 ft) Kobylinec, 911 m (2,989 ft) The ruins of Lednica Castle
Ciucaș Peak (Romanian: Vârful Ciucaș, Hungarian: Csukás-hegy, German: Krähenstein) is the highest peak of Ciucaș Mountains, Southern Carpathians. Its elevation is 1,954 m (6,411 ft). Its elevation is 1,954 m (6,411 ft).