Rysy
Rysy is a peak in Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska, Tatra County, Małopolskie and has an elevation of 2,501 metres. Rysy is situated nearby to the locality Jelenia lúka, as well as near Hińczowa Zatoka.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rysy and Eye of the Sea.
Rysy
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Rysy is a mountain in the crest of the High Tatras, eastern part of the Tatra Mountains, lying 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.
Eye of the Sea
Lake
Photo: Tomasz O., Public domain.
Morskie Oko, or Eye of the Sea in English, is the largest and fourth-deepest lake in the Tatra Mountains, in southern Poland. It is located deep within the Tatra National Park in the Rybi Potok Valley, of the High Tatras mountain range at the base of the Mięguszowiecki Summits, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Gerlachovský štít
Peak
Photo: Kristo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gerlachovský štít, informally referred to as Gerlach, is the highest peak in the High Tatras, in Slovakia, and in the Carpathian Mountains. Its elevation is usually listed at 2654.4 m above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rovienky and Granátová stena.
Rysy
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,501 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska, Tatra County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.1793° or 49° 10′ 46″ northLongitude
20.0885° or 20° 5′ 19″ eastElevation
2,501 metres (8,205 feet)Open location code
8GX253HQ+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1862536196OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Polish—“Rysy” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Рысы”
- German: “Meeraugspitze”
- Hungarian: “Tengerszem-csúcs”
- Polish: “Rysy”
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Localities in the Area
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