Tatra Mountains


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Ta·tra Mountains

 (tä′trə)
A range of the Carpathian Mountains in east-central Europe along the Slovak-Polish border. The Tatras are a popular resort area.
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Tatra Mountains

(ˈtɑːtrə; ˈtæt-)
pl n
(Placename) a mountain range along the border between Slovakia and Poland, extending for about 64 km (40 miles): the highest range of the central Carpathians. Highest peak: Gerlachovka, 2663 m (8737 ft). Also called: High Tatra
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Ta′tra Moun′tains

(ˈtɑ trə)
n.pl.
a mountain range in N Slovakia and S Poland: a part of the Carpathian Mountains. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 ft. (2663 m).
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The inclined part is northern Slovakia, the Tatra Mountains and Presov surrounding it.
Three people, including a child, have been killed by lightning during a sudden thunderstorm in Poland's southern Tatra Mountains, a Polish official said.
WARSAW, Poland Lightning struck across the Tatra Mountains in southern Poland and neighboring Slovakia on Thursday, killing five people and injuring over 100 others in an area popular with hikers and families, authorities said.
Four people, two of them children, died and more than 100 were injured during a thunderstorm in Poland's Tatra mountains on Thursday, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.
The destinations include: 1 The High Tatra Mountains in Slovakia 2 The Spanish capital Madrid 3 Arctic Coast Way, Iceland 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 The Italian city of Bari 6 Shetland, Scotland 7 Lyon, France 8 Liechtenstein 9 The town of Vevey in Switzerland, and 10 Istria in Croatia.
Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice.
Zakopane, in the scenic Tatra mountains south of Krakow, has 170 miles of marked hiking trails.
Slovakia is growing in popularity and budget operator Wizz Air has introduced four flights a week to its Tatra Mountains - the airport is just 15 minutes from the resort.
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An eight-day Winter Tatra adventure with Intrepid Travel features snowshoeing in Poland's Tatra Mountains, a designated Unesco Biosphere Reserve that extends into neighbouring Slovakia.
Four days from PS969pp Hikers are invariably nature-lovers, and this itinerary optimises both: hacking up into unspoiled parts of the Tatra mountains on Slovakia's border with Poland in search of Europe's largest, furriest beasts.