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Rob Humphreys, Tim Nollen - 2003 - Page 489 "Hiking in the Velka Fatra : To the east of the Turiec valley lie the Velka Fatra, a line of craggy mountain tops surrounded by a sea of uninhabited, undulating forest. The ridge of brittle limestone peaks from Krizna (1574m) to Ploska (1532m), via the
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highest of the lot, Ostredok (1592m), is the most obvious area to aim for, but the thin craggy valleys leading up to the mountains are actually much more enthralling to walk along: the two most accessible and geologically exciting are the Gaderska dolina and the Blatnicka dolina."
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Lisa Dunford, Brett Atkinson - 2010 Page 57 "Central Slovakia ranges include the Low Tatras, reaching about 2000m, and the Malá Fatra and Veľká Fatra."
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Lisa Dunford, Brett Atkinson - 2010 Page 310 "To the southwest the Veľká (Greater) Fatra mountains are far less popular and developed."
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at 1,247.0 m (4,091.2 ft) summits. The Zvolen massif (1,402.5 m (4,601 ft)) connects the Veľká Fatra Range with the
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Most of the area was protected by the Veľká Fatra Protected Landscape Area since 1973, and the most valuable parts are included in the
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with rocky walls and reefs. The ridges are usually separated by canyon-like valleys. The most important ones are
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at 1,532.1 m (5,027 ft), where the main ridge divides into two. The western Turiec Ridge (
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colonization. There are many extensive upland pastures, where cattle is raised in the summer.
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since 2002. The rest of the former protected landscape area serves as a buffer zone now.
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and Sklabinský castles are located in this area. Also, the traditional architecture of
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Lesser Fatra, Turiec Basin, Žiar, Kremnica Mountains, Low Tatra and Chočské vrchy
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rocks. The central part and the main ridge are made up of non-resistant rocks (
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at 1,596 m (5,236 ft). Other notable summits of the largest
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Hôľna Fatra, Braľná Fatra, Šípska Fatra, Zvolen and Revúcke podolie
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at 1,509.5 m (4,952 ft), and the eastern Liptov Ridge (
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mountains are in the east. It can be divided into seven parts:
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mountains are situated to the north west of the range and the
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Krížna (1,574 m) - the best view of the southern mountains -
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mountains and are less developed, as well as being lower.
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part are Krížna at 1,574.3 m (5,165 ft) and
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A considerable part of the range is made of various
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Range. One of the largest ski resorts in Slovakia -
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In the geomorphological system, it is a part of the
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Index

Greater Fatra

Ostredok
Elevation
Coordinates
48°53′57″N 19°04′54″E / 48.89917°N 19.08167°E / 48.89917; 19.08167
Veľká Fatra is located in Slovakia
Žilina
Banská Bystrica
Ružomberok
Turčianske Teplice
Banská Bystrica
Range coordinates
48°55′N 19°04′E / 48.917°N 19.067°E / 48.917; 19.067
Parent range
[ˈʋeʎkaːˈfatra]
Hungarian
mountain range
Western Carpathians
Slovakia
Malá (Lesser) Fatra
Fatra-Tatra Area
Ružomberok
Harmanec
Turčianske Teplice
Martin
Lesser Fatra
Low Tatras
Ostredok
Ploská

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