Rysy
Sign in to savethumb|Mountain lakes of Czarny Staw pod Rysami and [[Morskie Oko seen from Rysy.]] 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 ; the north-western at ; and the south-eastern at . The north-western summit is the highest point of Poland and belongs to the Crown of Polish Mountains; the other two summits are on the Slovak side of the border.
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Rysy is a mountain in the High Tatras on the Poland-Slovakia border that has three peaks, with the northwestern peak being Poland's highest point. The mountain is notable because it marks the geographical limit of Poland's territory and is part of the Crown of Polish Mountains, a collection of Poland's most significant peaks.
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- 161
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thumb|Mountain lakes of Czarny Staw pod Rysami and [[Morskie Oko seen from Rysy.]] 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 ; the north-western at ; and the south-eastern at . The north-western summit is the highest point of Poland and belongs to the Crown of Polish Mountains; the other two summits are on the Slovak side of the border.
==Name== Experts assume that the Polish and Slovak name Rysy, meaning "scratches" or "crevices", refers to a series of couloirs, either those on the western slopes of Żabie Ridge or the very prominent high couloir and numerous smaller on the northern side. A folk explanation on the Slovak side says that the name comes from the plural word rysy meaning "lynxes", although the habitat of the lynx does not extend above the timberline.