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List Of Islands Of Slovakia
This is a list of islands of Slovakia. Danube Between Komárno and Štúrovo * Veľký ostrov * Čenkovský ostrov (ca 10 ha) - between the municipalities of Kravany nad Dunajom, Komárno District and Obid, Nové Zámky District * Barnabáš - Močiansky ostrov - near the municipality of Moča, Komárno District File:Duna-sziget Dunamocsnál Süttő felől 2021 01.jpg, A Danube river island near Moča Between Komárno and Bratislava * Žitný ostrov - the largest river island in Europe * Malý Žitný ostrov * Veľkolélsky ostrov, Veľký Lél (formerly a true island, nowadays a peninsula) - near the municipality of Zlatná na Ostrove, Komárno District * Benkove ostrovy (ca 0.6 ha) - west of the municipality of Kalinkovo * Ostrov kormoránov * Dunajský ostrov * Obecný ostrov * Ostrov orliaka morského, "White-tailed Eagle Island" (ca 22.77 ha) - near municipality of Baka, Dunajská Streda District * Vtáčí ostrov, "Bird Island" (ca 6.86 ha) - southwest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bird Island (Orava Reservoir)
Bird Island or Bird Islands may refer to: Africa * Bird Island (Namibia) * Bird Island, Seychelles **Bird Island Airport * Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa * Bird Island Nature Reserve (South Africa) Europe * Bird Island, County Down, a townland in Northern Ireland, UK * Bird Island, Slovakia North and Central America * Bird Island, a former island in Tulare Lake * Bird Island (Belize) * Bird Island, Bermuda * Bird Islands (Nunavut), Canada * Bird Island (Juneau, Alaska), U.S. * Bird Island (Kitnamax), part of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, U.S. * Bird Island, Lake Louise, Alaska, U.S. * Bird Island (Marin County, California), U.S. * Bird Island (San Mateo County, California), U.S. * Bird Island, Brooks Island Regional Preserve, California, U.S. * Bird Island (Pearl and Hermes Atoll), Hawaii, U.S. *Bird Island, or Moku Manu, Hawaii, U.S. *Bird Island, or Nihoa, Hawaii, U.S. * Bird Island (Massachusetts), U.S. * Bird Island, Minnesota, U.S. * Bird Island Township, Ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orava (reservoir)
Orava ( sk, Oravská priehrada) is a reservoir (water), reservoir in northernmost Slovakia, forming the largest lake in Slovakia (35.2 km2). History It was created by the construction of a dam between 1941 and 1953 on the former two sources of the Orava (river), Orava river. Several former villages had to be inundated for this purpose, including Hamri, Oszada, and Usztye.http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/arva.jpg Probably the best known of them was Slanica, Today, the reservoir is protected by the Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area. The average depth of the reservoir is 15 meters. Islands Vtáčí ostrov In the northeastern extension of the reservoir lies Bird Island (Orava reservoir), Vtáčí ostrov ("Bird Island"), a government ornithological reservation with Protected Bird Area status. The nature reserve in and around the island is also part of the Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area. Waterfowl species inhabiting the Bird Island reserve include herons, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zlaté Piesky
Zlate ( rue, Злате) is a village and municipality in Bardejov District in the Prešov Region of north-east Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1355. Geography The municipality lies at an altitude of 380 metres and covers an area of 14.332 km². It has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ... of about 745 people. External links * *https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023228/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html Villages and municipalities in Bardejov District Šariš {{Prešov-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolárovo
Kolárovo (before 1948: ''Guta''; hu, Gúta or earlier ''Gutta'') is a town in the south of Slovakia near the town of Komárno. It is an agricultural center with 11,000 inhabitants. Basic information The town of Kolárovo is located in the Podunajská nížina ( Danubian Lowland) at the confluence of the Váh and Little Danube Rivers. The western part of the plane land is on Žitný ostrov, the medium part on boggy flats of the Little Danube, Váh, and Váh Danube Rivers, the eastern part with many old shoulders and inland embankments at the flat of the Váh and Nitra Rivers. The town comprises 6 neighborhoods: center, Částa (Császta), Kráľka (Királyrét), Veľký Ostrov (Nagysziget), Örtény and Pačérok (Pacsérok). According to the 2021 census, out of 10,572 there were 7,839 (74,15 %) Hungarians, 2,152 (20,36 %) Slovaks and 581 (5,49 %) otherKolárovo belongs to the largest towns of the lower part of the Žitný ostrov. History The village was mentioned for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piešťany
Piešťany (; german: Pistyan, hu, Pöstyén, pl, Pieszczany , cs, Píšťany ) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around 28,000 inhabitants. Etymology The name Piešťany comes from Slovak ''Piesok'' (sand), referring to local sandbanks. The etymology is straightforward – ''Piešťanci'' – people who live on the sandy site and ''Piešťany'' – their settlement. History The first human settlement in the area is dated to the prehistoric times, about 80,000 years ago. People were attracted to the site by abundance of game in the vicinity of the thermal springs that did not freeze in winter. A small female statue called Venus of Moravany was found in the nearby village Moravany nad Váhom. It is made of mammoth ivory and is dated to 22,800 BC. It currently resides in the Bratislava Castle museum. In another nearb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sihoť
Sihoť is the largest river island on the Danube in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, located in the district of Karlova Ves. The island lies between the main flow of the Danube to the north and the parallel channel Karloveské rameno to the south, between Devínska cesta in Bratislava and the Austrian border. It contains a culturally protected water source supplying tap water to a large portion of Bratislava citizens, as well as numerous nearby villages. Under communism, access to the island was restricted due to its proximity to the Austrian border and the only access bridge to the island was guarded by soldiers. Access to the island remained forbidden even after the end of communism and today, access is highly restricted. Since 15 May 2012, the island is a protected area and there is currently an initiative to declare the island a national park and connect it with the neighboring Danube-Auen National Park in Austria. History In the past, Sihoť was called "Käsmacherinse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šamorín
Šamorín (; hu, Somorja, german: Sommerein) is a small town in western Slovakia, southeast of Bratislava. Etymology The name is derived from a patron saint of a local church Sancta Maria, mentioned for the first time as ''villa Sancti Marie'' (1285). Today's name is an adaptation of the original name: ''Zent Maria – Samaria – Somoria – Šamorín''. Geography The town is located on the Danubian Flat in the Žitný ostrov island, near the Gabčíkovo dam by the Danube around southeast of Bratislava and west of Dunajská Streda. Administratively, the town belongs to the Trnava Region, Dunajská Streda District. History The oldest artifacts indicating the settlement of the area are dated to the Neolithic and Eneolithic Period. The settlement of the location is documented also for the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Later archaeologic research (2008) uncovered artifacts from the Early and High Middle Ages (remnants of settlements, dwellings, farm buildings). After the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bird Island, Slovakia
Bird Island ( sk, Vtáčí ostrov) is a island in the Hrušovská zdrž (2518 ha), which is part of Gabčíkovo Reservoir, south-west of Šamorín, Slovakia. The island was built because of the constructions of the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros dams on the Danube as habitat compensation for areas consequently flooded. The island is part of proposed special protected areas Dunajské luhy for waterbirds. The most important breeding birds are Mediterranean gull (''Larus melanocephalus''), which is the only breeding site in Slovakia, and common redshank (''Tringa totanus''), for which it is the only breeding site in West Slovakia. Access is prohibited during the breeding and wintering seasons. Importance for birds generally * one from the most important breeding sites for gulls in Slovakia * the island is one of the last sites where waterbirds can breed after construction of the water reservoir Gabčíkovo and destruction of flooded forests and branches of the Danube * the conditions fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
