Key facts
- Peak
- Ostredok
- Elevation
- 1,596 m (5,236 ft)
- Coordinates
- 48°53′57″N 19°04′54″E / 48.89917°N 19.08167°E / 48.89917; 19.08167
- Length
- 45 km (28 mi) NE-SW
- Width
- 20 km (12 mi) NW-SW
- Country
- Slovakia
- Regions
- Žilina Banská Bystrica
- Districts
- Ružomberok Turčianske Teplice Banská Bystrica
- Subdivisions
- Hôľna Fatra Braľná Fatra Šípska Fatra Zvolen Revúcke podolie
- Parent range
- Fatra-Tatra Area
- Borders on
- Lesser Fatra Turiec Basin Žiar Kremnica Mountains Low Tatra Chočské vrchy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mesoregion
- Has part
- Zvolen
- Country
- Slovakia
- Located in
- Banská Bystrica District
- Elevation
- 1596
- Highest point
- Ostredok
- Image
- Velka Fatra, Krizna.jpg
- Width
- 20
- Length
- 45
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- Commons category
- Veľká Fatra
- topic's main category
- Category:Veľká Fatra
- mountain range
- Fatra-Tatra Area
- geomorphological unit
- Fatra-Tatra Area
- has boundary
- Orava Highlands
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Encyclopedic overview
Veľká Fatra ( Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʋeʎkaː ˈfatra]; also Great Fatra or Greater Fatra; Hungarian: Nagy-Fátra) is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians in Slovakia. The Veľká Fatra lie to the southeast of the better known Malá (Lesser) Fatra mountains and are less developed, as well as being lower.
Geology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greater Fatra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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