Bratislava Foothills ( sk, Bratislavské predhorie) is a small
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
located in
Bratislava, the capital of
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
. It is part of the
Devín Carpathians Forest in Devín Carpathians
Ruins of the Devín Castle
Devín Carpathians ( sk, Devínske Karpaty, ) is a subdivision of the Little Carpathians mountain range, located entirely within Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is bordered by the ...
mountain range, located in the northwest of the city. Mean altitude of the mountain range is 250
metres above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as '' orthometric heights''.
The c ...
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Peaks
* Bratislava Castle hill - features the
Bratislava Castle
Bratislava Castle ( sk, Bratislavský hrad, ; german: Pressburger Burg; hu, Pozsonyi vár) is the main castle of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The massive rectangular building with four corner towers stands on an isolated rocky hill ...
* Somársky vrch
** Napoleon's hill
* Bôrik - features the Bôrik Protected Area
* Slavín - features the
Slavín
Slavín is a memorial monument and military cemetery in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is the burial ground of thousands of Soviet Army soldiers who fell during World War II while taking over the city in April 1945 from the occupying Ge ...
war memorial
* Murmannova výšina
* Kalvária
* Holý vrch/Machnáč
See also
*
Geography of Bratislava
Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia, is situated in Central Europe and it is located in the extreme south-west within Slovakia. The city borders Austria in the west and Hungary in the south making it the only national capital in the world t ...
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Little Carpathians
The Little Carpathians (also: ''Lesser Carpathians'', sk, Malé Karpaty; german: Kleine Karpaten; hu, Kis-Kárpátok) are a low, about 100 km long, mountain range, part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountains are situated in Western Slov ...
References
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Landforms of Slovakia
Geography of Bratislava