TatrasJakub Puchala

Pavol PľutaII. 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

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dROYMc_2VKc