Rysy
Rysy is a mountain in the crest of the High Tatras, eastern part of the Tatra Mountains, located on the border between Poland and Slovakia. Rysy has three summits: the middle at 2,501 m; the north-western at 2,500 m; and the south-eastern at 2,473 m.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,499 metres
- Description: border peak in the main ridge of the High Tatras
- Also known as: “nejvyšší hora Polska”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Przełęcz pod Rysami and Niżnie Rysy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hińczowa Zatoka and Rovienky.
Rysy
- Categories: mountain, tourist destination, and landform
- Location: Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska, Tatra County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.17958° or 49° 10′ 47″ north
Longitude
20.08811° or 20° 5′ 17″ east
Elevation
2,499 metres (8,199 feet)
Open location code
8GX253HQ+R6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Rysy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ريسي”
- Armenian: “Ռիսի”
- Basque: “Rysy”
- Belarusian: “Гара Рысы”
- Belarusian: “Рысы”
- Bosnian: “Rysy”
- Breton: “Rysy”
- Catalan: “Rysy”
- Cebuano: “Rysy”
- Chinese: “萊希山”
- Croatian: “Rysy”
- Czech: “Rysy”
- Dutch: “Rysy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ريسى”
- Esperanto: “Rysy”
- Estonian: “Rysy”
- Finnish: “Rysy”
- French: “Rysy”
- Galician: “Rysy”
- Georgian: “რისი”
- German: “Meeraugspitze”
- German: “Rysy”
- Greek: “Ρίσι”
- Hebrew: “ריסי”
- Hungarian: “Tengerszem-csúcs”
- Icelandic: “Rysy”
- Ido: “Rysy”
- Italian: “Rysy”
- Japanese: “リスィ山”
- Kashubian: “Rysy”
- Korean: “리시산”
- Ladin: “Rysy”
- Latvian: “Risi”
- Latvian: “Risijs”
- Lithuanian: “Rysai”
- Lombard: “Rysy”
- Macedonian: “Риси”
- Moroccan Arabic: “ريسي”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rysy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rysy”
- Norwegian: “Rysy”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Mont Rysy”
- Persian: “ریسی”
- Polish: “Rysy”
- Portuguese: “Rysy”
- Romanian: “Rysy”
- Russian: “Рысы”
- Scots: “Rysy”
- Serbian: “Риси”
- Silesian: “Rysy”
- Slovak: “Rysy”
- Slovenian: “Risi (gora)”
- Slovenian: “Rysy”
- Spanish: “Rysy”
- Swedish: “Rysy”
- Turkish: “Rysy Dağı”
- Turkish: “Rysy”
- Ukrainian: “Риси”
- Venetian: “Rysy”
- Vietnamese: “Rysy”
- Western Panjabi: “رائیسی”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Jelenia lúka and Zlomisková roveň.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Przełączka pod Rysami and Rysy.
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