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The Tatra Mountains or Tatras or Tatra (in Polish and Slovak Tatry, which is a plural proper noun) is a mountain range on the border of Poland and Slovakia, the highest part of the Carpathian Mountains.

Tatra Mountains Pictures from Commons

The Valley of the Five Polish Lakes, High Tatras

Regions

• West Tatras (pl: Zachidnie Tatry, sk: Západné Tatry)
• East Tatras (pl: Wyschodnie Tatry, sk: Východné Tatry ):
  • High Tatras (pl: Wysokie Tatry)
  • Belianske Tatry (pl: Bielskie Tatry)

Note: The Tatra Mountains do not include the mountain range called Low Tatras (pl: NIskie Tatry, sk: Nízke Tatry).

Towns

• in Slovakia
  • Poprad
  • Vysoké Tatry:
    • Starý Smokovec
    • Štrbské Pleso
    • Tatranská Lomnica
• in Poland
  • Zakopane - a nearby resort-town on the northern edge of the Tatras.
  • Bukowina Tatrzanska
  • Bialka Tatrzanska

External links

Official website:

• The town of High Tatras
• Management of Slovak Tatra National Park
• Management of Polish Tatra National Park

Tourist websites:

• High Tatras National Park - Tourist guide and regulations
• Tourist and hotel guide
• Go-Zakopane.com - interactive Travel Guide to Tatra Mountains
• A page dedicated to help to renew the Tatras

Panoramic view from the Rysy (2499m): http://merzhase.de/hightatras/rysi/