Gerlachovský štít, Tatra National Park

Name: Gerlachovský štít
Address: Tatra National Park, Slovakia

#10 among attractions in Tatra National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain, Top attraction

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Gerlachovský štít, informally referred to as Gerlach, is the highest peak in the High Tatras, in Slovakia, and in the Carpathian Mountains. Its elevation is usually listed at 2654.4 m above mean sea level. The pyramidal shape of the massif is marked by a huge cirque. Despite its relatively low elevation, Gerlachovský štít features a vertical rise of approximately 2,000 metres above the valley floor. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1834Elevation: 8711 ftProminence: 7726 ftCoordinates: 49°9'50"N, 20°8'2"E

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Gerlachovský štít – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gerlachovská veža, Končistá, Batizovský štít, Gerlachovský štít.

~330 ftS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gerlachovská veža, Tatra National Park
2 min walk • Gerlachovská veža is a mountain in the Northern ridge Zadni Gerlach in the main ridge of the Slovak High Tatras. From Veľká Litvorová veža it is separated by Nižná Gerlachovská lávka, and from the Malá Litvorová veža the mountain is bounded by Vyšná Lučivnianska lávka.
1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Končistá, Tatra National Park
26 min walk • Končistá is a mountain in the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia.
0.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Batizovský štít, Tatra National Park
12 min walk • Batizovský štít is a 2,448 metres high double peak mountain in High Tatras in Slovakia. Batizovský štít, just like Batizovská dolina, Batizovské pleso or the village Batizovce are named after the local 13th century aristocrat Batiz from the Mariáš dynasty, who used to be the...
~1820 ftNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Gerlachovský štít, Tatra National Park
9 min walk • Avalanche peak - the fifth highest peak of the Tatra Mountains with a height of 2606 m a.s.l. constituting the middle vertex of Zadni Gerlach's massif in the Slovak High Tatras. It is located in the Main Gold of the High Tatra Mountains between Zadnim Gerlach and Gerlachowska Kopa.
~1340 ftNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
High Tatras, Tatra National Park
7 min walk • The High Tatras or High Tatra Mountains, are a mountain range along the border of northern Slovakia in the Prešov Region, and southern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. They are a range of the Tatra Mountains chain.
~990 ftN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Fatra-Tatra Area, Tatra National Park
5 min walk • The Fatra-Tatra Area or the Tatra-Fatra Belt of core mountains is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians, a subprovince of the Western Carpathians. Most of the area lies in Slovakia with small parts reaching into Austria and Poland.
~1340 ftNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Western Carpathians, Tatra National Park
7 min walk • The Western Carpathians are a mountain range and geomorphological province that forms the western part of the Carpathian Mountains.
0.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Východná Vysoká, Tatra National Park
24 min walk • Small high - Slovak peak in the main ridge of the Tatra Mountains with a height of 2429 m a.s.l. Located between the passes: Polish Grzebień and Rohatka. The first separates him from the Massif of the Wieliczka Szczyt, the second - from Turnia nad Rohatka and Wild Turnia.
1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Veža nad Prielomom, Tatra National Park
27 min walk • Turnia nad Rohatka - Turnia in the Main Gniv of the High Tatras, in the Slovak High Tatras, with a height of 2332 m. From the top of the wild Turnia is separated by the Wyżnia Rohatka Pass, and from a small high - Rohatka.
0.7 miN
Nature, Mountain
Velický štít, Tatra National Park
18 min walk • Wielicki Szczyt - a peak of 2320 m a.s.l. Located in the Main Gold of the High Tatras in their Slovak part.
0.5 miSE
Nature, Mountain
Kvetnicová veža, Tatra National Park
13 min walk • Above the Turnia garden - a turnnia with a height of 2433 m a.s.l. In the Slovak High Tatras, towering over the Gerlach boiler and the Wielicka Valley, in the side ridge departing from small Gerlach to the southeast.

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Nearby attractions include Gerlachovská veža, Tatra National Park (2 min walk), Fatra-Tatra Area, Tatra National Park (5 min walk), High Tatras, Tatra National Park (7 min walk), Western Carpathians, Tatra National Park (7 min walk).