Kriváň
Kriváň is a mountain in the High Tatras, Slovakia, that dominates the upper part of the former Liptov County. Multiple surveys among nature lovers have ranked it as the country's most beautiful peak.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Achernar.sk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Malý Kriváň and Zelené Krivánske pleso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tatra National Park and Štrbské Pleso.
Tatra National Park
Photo: ToSter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tatra National Park is a national park. It constitutes the highest mountain ranges in Slovakia, and extends from the northern parts of Central Slovakia to Eastern Slovakia.
Štrbské Pleso
Suburb
Photo: Rafik k, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Štrbské Pleso is a ski, tourist, and health resort in the High Tatras, Slovakia located on the lake by the same name. With extensive parking facilities and a stop on the Tatra trolley and rack railway, it is a starting point for a host of popular hikes including to Kriváň and Rysy.
Kriváň
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,495 metres
- Description: mountain in Slovakia
- Categories: mountain, cross, and landform
- Location: Vysoké Tatry, Poprad District, Prešov Region, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.16283° or 49° 9′ 46″ northLongitude
20.00005° or 20° 0′ 0″ eastElevation
2,495 metres (8,186 feet)Open location code
8GX25272+42OpenStreetMap ID
node 260278694OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=crossOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
724393Wikidata ID
Q845990
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Kriváň” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կրիվան”
- Azerbaijani: “Krivan dağı”
- Belarusian: “Kriváň”
- Belarusian: “Крывань”
- Cebuano: “Kriváň”
- Chinese: “克里萬山”
- Czech: “Kriváň”
- Danish: “Kriváň”
- Dutch: “Kriváň”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كريڤان”
- Erzya: “Kriváň”
- Erzya: “Кривань”
- Esperanto: “Krivan”
- Esperanto: “Kriváň”
- French: “Kriváň”
- German: “Kriváň”
- German: “Kriwan”
- German: “Krummhorn”
- German: “Ochsenhorn”
- Greek: “Κριβάν”
- Hungarian: “Kriván”
- Hungarian: “Kriváň”
- Italian: “Monte Krivan”
- Italian: “Monte Kriváň”
- Japanese: “クリヴァーン山”
- Japanese: “クリヴァン”
- Korean: “크리반봉”
- Ladin: “Kriváň”
- Lithuanian: “Kriváň”
- Lithuanian: “Krivanis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Krivan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kriváň”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kriváň”
- Norwegian: “Kriváň”
- Polish: “Kriváň”
- Polish: “Krywań”
- Portuguese: “Krivan”
- Portuguese: “Kriváň”
- Portuguese: “Monte Kriváň”
- Russian: “Kriváň”
- Russian: “Кривань”
- Russian: “Крывань”
- Serbian: “Kriváň”
- Serbian: “Кривањ”
- Slovak: “Kriváň”
- Slovenian: “Kriváň”
- Spanish: “Krivan”
- Spanish: “Kriváň”
- Ukrainian: “Kriváň”
- Ukrainian: “Кривань”
- Venetian: “Monte Kriváň”
- Western Panjabi: “کریوان”
- “Kriváň”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kriváň”. Photo: Achernar.sk, CC BY-SA 3.0.