Choč Mountains
Veľký Choč, highest peak of the Choč Mountains
The Choč Mountains (in Slovak, Chočské vrchy) are a range of mountains in north-central Slovakia, a portion of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range is 24 kilometers long and on average only 4 kilometers wide. Highest peak is Veľký Choč at 1 611 metres above sea level.
Location
Choč Mountains are bordered:
- in the northwest by the Oravská Highlands,
- in the northeast by the valley of the Podtatranská Brázda,
- in the east by the Western Tatras,
- the south by the basin of the Podtatranská kotlina,
- in the southwest by Greater Fatra
Highest Peaks
- Veľký Choč, 1611 metres
- Malý Choč, 1465 metres
- Prosečné, 1371 metres
- Holica, 1340 metres
- Lomná, 1278 metres
See also
References
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Coordinates: 49°10′N 19°20′E / 49.167°N 19.333°E
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