Tatras Jakub Puchala Pavol Pľuta II. C
General information Expanse: 341 square kilometres Highest mountain: Gerlachovský štít (Gerlach Peak), 2655 metres AMSL. Most well known for their ski resorts, as well as beautiful nature and tarns. One of candidates for Winter Olympic Games in 2022.
TANAP Oldest national park in Slovakia. Home to many endangered and rare animals: – Tatra chamois – Alpine marmot TANAP consists also of other parts of Tatras range.
Tarns Tarn is a lake of glacial origin. There are more than one hundred of them. Štrbské pleso Veľké Hincovo pleso Skalnaté pleso Popradské pleso
Ski resorts Tatras are well known for a lot of high quality ski resorts. Tatranská Lomnica Bachledova Dolina Štrbské Pleso Starý Smokovec
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Gerlach Peak The highest peak in Slovakia. Price for tour is about 200 euros/person. STALIN‘S PEAK
Tatra calamity November 2004 Around 126 square kilometres of forest destroyed One dead 230 km/h Property damage
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