Kremnické Vrchy

The Kremnica Mountains (, , ) are a volcanic mountain range in central

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. They are part of the Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mts. The mountain range is situated east of the town of

Kremnica Kremnica (; , ) is a town in central Slovakia. It has around 5,300 inhabitants. The well-preserved medieval town built above important gold mines is the site of the oldest still-working mint in the world. Name The name is derived from Slovak '' ...

, which gave it its name. It is bordered by

Veľká Fatra Veľká Fatra (; also Great Fatra or Greater Fatra; ) is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians in Slovakia. The Veľká Fatra lie to the southeast of the better known Malá Fatra, Malá (Lesser) Fatra mountains and are less developed, as we ...

and Turiec Basin in the north, Zvolen Basin in the east, Žiar Basin and Štiavnica Mountains in the south, and Vtáčnik in the west. The highest mountain is Flochová at 1,317 m. The Kremnica Mountains are divided into five subdivisions: # ''Kunešovská hornatina'' (northwest) # ''Jastrabská vrchovina'' (southwest) # ''Flochovský chrbát'' (central part and north) # ''Turovské predhorie'' (south) # ''Malachovské predhorie'' (east) Mountain ranges of Slovakia Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians {{Slovakia-geo-stub