Monk
Mnich is a mountain situated in the High Tatras mountain range in Poland, towering over the nearby Morskie Oko lake. It has an elevation of 2,068 meters above sea level.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,068 metres
- Description: peak with a height of 2068 m in the Polish High Tatras
- Also known as: “Mnich”
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.
Veľké Hincovo pleso
Lake
Photo: Kristo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Veľké Hincovo pleso is the biggest and deepest mountain lake of glacial origin in the High Tatras, Slovakia. The maximum depth is 53 metres. Its surface remains frozen for around 270 days per year.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rovienky.
Monk
- Categories: mountain, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Gmina Bukowina Tatrzańska, Tatra County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.1927° or 49° 11′ 34″ northLongitude
20.0549° or 20° 3′ 18″ eastElevation
2,068 metres (6,785 feet)Open location code
8GX253V3+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 605282386OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q6885977
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Slovak—“Monk” goes by many names.
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Studnia w Mnichu and Jaskinia przy Studni w Mnichu.
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