Vyšné Spišské pleso

Vyšné Spišské pleso is a lake in Vysoké Tatry, Poprad District, Prešov Region and has an elevation of 2,022 metres. Vyšné Spišské pleso is situated nearby to the locality Kotlina piatich Spišských plies, as well as near Malý hang.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lomnický štít and Ľadový štít.

Lomnický štít

Peak

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Lomnický štít is one of the highest and most visited mountain peaks in the High Tatras mountains of Slovakia. Connected by cable car to Tatranská Lomnica, its summit is 2,634 metres above sea level, making it the second highest peak in the High Tatras after Gerlachovský štít.

Ľadový štít

Peak

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Ľadový štít is the third highest of the Tatra Mountains, in Slovakia, and in the whole 1,500 km long Carpathian mountain chain, as well as in northern and eastern Central Europe.

Skalnaté pleso Observatory

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The Skalnaté pleso Observatory is an astronomical and meteorological observatory located in the locality of the same name in the High Tatra Mountains in Slovakia, at coordinates and at an altitude of 1,786 metres on the south-eastern slopes of Lomnický štít near Tatranská Lomnica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hrebienok and Cmiter.

Hrebienok

Locality

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Hrebienok is a small ski resort in the Tatra Mountains, in northern Slovakia. It is connected by the Starý Smokovec–Hrebienok funicular to the town of Starý Smokovec, which is in turn part of the Tatra Electric Railway.