page_title: Tatra Mountains
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: Tatra Mountains / Overview
caption_attribution_description: Slovenčina: Pohľad z Rysov, dole Czarny Staw pod Rysami a Morskie Oko, ležia skoro o 1000 m nižšie ako vrchol RysovPolski: Widok z Rysów na Czarny Staw i Morskie OkoEnglish: View from Rysy to Czarny Staw pod Rysami and Morskie Oko This is a photography of Natura 2000 protected area with ID PLC120001 This is a photography of protected area with CRFOP ID PL.ZIPOP.1393.N2K.PLC120001.B
context_page_description: The Tatra Mountains, Tatras, or Tatra, is a mountain range that forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They are the highest mountain range in the Carpathian Mountains. The Tatras are distinct from the Low Tatras, a separate Slovak mountain range further south.
  The Tatra Mountains occupy an area of 785 square kilometres, of which about 610 square kilometres lie within Slovakia and about 175 square kilometres within Poland. The highest peak, called Gerlach, at 2,655 m, is located north of Poprad, entirely in Slovakia. The highest point in Poland, Rysy, at 2,499 m, is located south of Zakopane, on the border with Slovakia.
  The Tatras' length, measured from the eastern foothills of the Kobylí vrch to the southwestern foot of Ostrý vrch, in a straight line, is 57 km, and strictly along the main ridge, 80 km. The range is only 19 km wide. The main ridge of the Tatras runs from the village of Huty at the western end to the village of Ždiar at the eastern end.
  The Tatras are protected by law by the establishment of the Tatra National Park, Slovakia and the Tatra National Park, Poland, which are jointly entered in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
context_section_description: The Tatras are a mountain range of a corrugated nature, originating from the Alpine orogeny, and therefore characterized by a relatively young-looking lay of the land, quite similar to the landscape of the Alps, although significantly smaller. It is the highest mountain range within the Carpathians.
  It consists of the internal mountain chains of:
  Eastern Tatras (Východné Tatry, Tatry Wschodnie), which in turn consist of:
  the Belianske Tatras (Belianske Tatry, Tatry Bielskie)
  and the High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry, Tatry Wysokie)
  Western Tatras (Slovak: Západné Tatry, Polish: Tatry Zachodnie)
  The overall nature of the Tatras, together with their easy accessibility, makes them a favorite with tourists and researchers. Therefore, these mountains are a popular winter sports area, with resorts such as Poprad and the town Vysoké Tatry (The Town of High Tatras) in Slovakia created in 1999, including former separate resorts: Štrbské Pleso, Starý Smokovec, and Tatranská Lomnica or Zakopane, called also "winter capital of Poland". The High Tatras, with their 24 (or 25) peaks exceeding 2,500 m above sea level, together with the Southern Carpathians, represent the only form of alpine landscape in the entire 1,200 kilometres (746 miles) length of arc of the Carpathians.
caption: Mountain lakes of Czarny Staw pod Rysami and Morskie Oko seen from Poland's highest point, the north-western summit of Rysy, 2,499 metres (8,199 ft) in elevation.
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