The Choč Mountains (in Slovak, ''Chočské vrchy'') are a range of mountains in north-central

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 ...

, a portion of the

Fatra-Tatra Area The Fatra-Tatra Area (in geomorphology) or the Tatra-Fatra Belt of core mountains (in geology) is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians, a subprovince of the Western Carpathians. Most of the area lies in Slovakia with small parts reaching into A ...

of the

Inner Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya ...

. The range is 24 kilometers long and on average only 4 kilometers wide. Highest peak is Veľký Choč at 1 611 metres above sea level.

Location

Choč Mountains are bordered: * in the northwest by the Oravská Highlands, * in the northeast by the valley of the Podtatranská Brázda, * in the east by the

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, * the south by the basin of the

Podtatranská kotlina The Podtatranská kotlina (literally Sub-Tatra Basin or Basin under Tatra(s)) is a basin in northern Slovakia, part of the Fatra-Tatra Area, which belongs to the Inner Western Carpathians. Towns and cities include Ružomberok, Liptovský Mikulá ...

, * in the southwest by

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Highest Peaks

* Veľký Choč, 1611 metres * Malý Choč, 1465 metres * Prosečné, 1371 metres * Holica, 1340 metres * Lomná, 1278 metres

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Choc Mountains Mountain ranges of Slovakia Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians

Location

Highest Peaks

See also

References