Great Fatra
Great Fatra is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians in Central Slovakia. It is among the towns of Ružomberok, Harmanec, Turčianske Teplice and Martin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,439 metres
- Description: mountain range in Slovakia
- Also known as: “Greater Fatra”, “Vel’ka Fatra”, “Veľká Fatra”, and “Vysoka Fatra”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ploská and Šoproň.
Ploská
Peak
Photo: Caroig, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ploská is a mountain in the Hôlna Fatra part of the Greater Fatra Range in Slovakia measuring 1,532.1 metres. It lies on the main ridge, to South it continues to Ostredok and Krížna mountains, to the North it divides into the lower western Turiec Ridge and higher eastern Liptov Ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Liptovské Revúce.
Liptovské Revúce
Village
Photo: Pe3kZA, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Liptovské Revúce is a large village and municipality in Ružomberok District in the Žilina Region of northern Slovakia. It borders Martin District, Dolny kubín District & liptovsky mikulaš district…
Great Fatra
- Categories: mountain range, mesoregion, and landform
- Location: Žilina Region, Central Slovakia, Slovakia, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Great Fatra from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Great Fatra” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فاترا الكبرى”
- Belarusian: “Veľká Fatra”
- Belarusian: “Вялікая Фатра”
- Catalan: “Veľká Fatra”
- Cebuano: “Veľká Fatra”
- Chinese: “大法特拉山脈”
- Czech: “Velká Fatra”
- Czech: “Veľká Fatra”
- Danish: “Veľká Fatra”
- Dutch: “Grote Fatra”
- Dutch: “Veľká Fatra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فاترا الكبرى”
- Esperanto: “Granda Fatro”
- Esperanto: “Veľká Fatra”
- Estonian: “Suur-Fatra”
- Estonian: “Veľká Fatra”
- French: “Grande Fatra”
- French: “Veľká Fatra”
- Georgian: “დიდი ფატრა”
- German: “Große Fatra”
- German: “Veľká Fatra”
- Hungarian: “Nagy-Fátra”
- Hungarian: “Veľká Fatra”
- Italian: “Grande Fatra”
- Italian: “Veľká Fatra”
- Japanese: “ファトラ”
- Japanese: “ファトラン”
- Korean: “대파트라산맥”
- Ladin: “Greater Fatra”
- Ladin: “Veľká Fatra”
- Latvian: “Lielā Fatra”
- Latvian: “Veľká Fatra”
- Lithuanian: “Didžioji Fatra”
- Lithuanian: “Veľká Fatra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Veľká Fatra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Store Fatra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Veľká Fatra”
- Norwegian: “Veľká Fatra”
- Polish: “Veľká Fatra”
- Polish: “Wielka Fatra”
- Romanian: “Fatra Mare”
- Romanian: “Veľká Fatra”
- Russian: “Veľká Fatra”
- Russian: “Большая Фатра”
- Russian: “Велька Фатра”
- Silesian: “Veľká Fatra”
- Silesian: “Wjelgo Fatra”
- Slovak: “Veľká Fatra”
- Spanish: “Veľká Fatra”
- Tatar: “Veľká Fatra”
- Tatar: “Зур Фатра”
- Ukrainian: “Veľká Fatra”
- Ukrainian: “Велика Фатра”
- Venetian: “Grande Fatra”
- Venetian: “Veľká Fatra”
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