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The High Tatras or High Tatra Mountains (Slovak: Vysoké Tatry; Polish: Tatry Wysokie; Rusyn: Высокі Татри, Vysoki Tatry; German: Hohe Tatra; Hungarian: Magas-Tátra), are a mountain range along the border of northern Slovakia in the Prešov Region, and southern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
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.
Kozi Wierch is a mountain situated in the High Tatras mountain range in Poland, between the Gąsienicowa Valley and the Valley of Five Polish Lakes.At 2291 meters, it's the highest peak located entirely on Polish territory.
The Eastern Tatras consist of High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) and Belianske Tatras (Belianske Tatry). The highest peak in Slovakia at 2,655 metres (8,711 ft) in elevation, Gerlachovský štít, is located within the park. It is also the highest point in the Tatra Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains.
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 High Tatras — a mountain range in the Eastern Tatras ranges of the Tatra Mountains. Located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland , and Žilina Region of northern Slovakia . Part of the Western Carpathians mountain system, having the highest peaks of the Tatra Mountains.
The following is a list of mountain passes and gaps in California.California is geographically diverse with numerous roads and railways traversing within its borders. In the middle of the U.S. state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi Mountains in the south.
Mięguszowiecki Summits (Polish: Mięguszowieckie Szczyty, Slovak: Mengusovské štíty) are a group of three summits in the main ridge of the Tatra Mountains on the border between Poland and Slovakia. The highest one is the Mięguszowiecki Grand Peak (2,438m, second highest in Poland