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Carpathian Mountains
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The Carpathians form a major mountain system in southeastern Europe, curving 900 miles along the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Poland, and the Ukraine. This long mountainous arc cradles the lush plains of Hungary. Elevations range from around 3,000 to 8,000 feet. The range reaches 160 miles wide along the Polish-Slovak border, but further east its width narrows to just 20 miles at the Dukla Pass.
The highest summits of the Carpathians are situated in a picturesque alpine region called Tatra, now part of Tatransky National Park, on the Slovak-Polish border. The region is only thirty miles long and ten across, but packs great beauty. Tatra is a small rugged massif, in which ten summits top 8,500 feet, and crags often fall over 2,000 feet into deep gouged cirques. This is the only area in the Carpathians where permanent snow fields are found. The highest peak is Gerlach (8,737 ft.), the highest peak between the Alps and the Caucasus.
Peaks of Carpathian Mountains
Check out any of the following peaks for additional information:
- Baiul Mare - 6217 ft./1895 m.
- Baranec - 7165 ft./2184 m.
- Bihor - 6066 ft./1849 m.
- Chopok - 6640 ft./2024 m.
- Chorna Gora - 6629 ft./2020 m.
- Ciemniak - 6877 ft./2096 m.
- Derese - 6575 ft./2004 m.
- Doboshanka - 5755 ft./1754 m.
- Dumbier - 6703 ft./2043 m.
- Gerlach - 8711 ft./2655 m.
- Giewont - 6263 ft./1909 m.
- Giumalau - 6093 ft./1857 m.
- Goverla - 6762 ft./2061 m.
- Granaty - 7287 ft./2221 m.
- Highis - 2625 ft./800 m.
- Jochy - 682 ft./208 m.
- Koscielec - 7070 ft./2155 m.
- Kozi Wierch - 7516 ft./2291 m.
- Krivan - 8182 ft./2494 m.
- Krzesanica - 6962 ft./2122 m.
- Lespezi - 8274 ft./2522 m.
- Mnich - 6785 ft./2068 m.
- Mount Retezat - 7710 ft./2350 m.
- Omu - 8225 ft./2507 m.
- Ostry Rohac - 6847 ft./2087 m.
- Parangul Mare - 8264 ft./2519 m.
- Rysy - 8199 ft./2499 m.
- Sivulya - 6024 ft./1836 m.
- Smerek - 4009 ft./1222 m.
- Starorobocianski Wierch - 7139 ft./2176 m.
- Swinica - 7549 ft./2301 m.
- Turbacz - 4314 ft./1315 m.
- Vanatoarea Lui Buteanu - 8225 ft./2507 m.
- Vladeasa - 6024 ft./1836 m.
- Vychodna Vysoka - 7966 ft./2428 m.
- Wolowiec (Voloviec) - 6772 ft./2064 m.
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