The Slovak Central Mountains''The Slovak Encyclopaedia ; Medieval Slovakia, a Thousand Years of History''
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s in southern central

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. The town of

Zvolen Zvolen (; ; ) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina rivers. It is famous for several historical and cultural attractions. It is surrounded by Poľana mountain from the East, by Kremnické vrchy from the ...

lies roughly in the centre of the mountains. The Slovak Central Mountains are a part of the Inner

Western Carpathians The Western Carpathians () are a mountain range and geomorphological province that forms the western part of the Carpathian Mountains. The mountain belt stretches from the Low Beskids range of the Eastern Carpathians along the border of Poland w ...

. They are bordered by 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 int ...

to the northwest and north,

Slovak Ore Mountains The Slovak Ore Mountains ( , , ) are an extensive mountain range within the Carpathian Mountains, located mostly in Slovakia's Spiš and Gemer region, with a small part in northern Hungary. It is the largest mountain range in Slovakia. Geomorph ...

(''Slovenské rudohorie'') to the east,

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(''Juhoslovenská kotlina'') to the south and by the

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to the southwest. The Slovak Central Mountains are divided into the following subdivisions: * Vtacnik Mountains *

Pohronský Inovec Pohronský Inovec is a mountain range in Slovakia, part of the Slovenské stredohorie ranges of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range is volcanic in origin, and composed of andesite and rhyolites. The highest peak is ''Veľký Inovec'' (B ...

Štiavnica Mountains The Štiavnica Mountains (also Štiavnické Mountains; , ) are a volcanic mountain range southern central Slovakia. They are part of Inner Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains. The area is protected by Štiavnica Moun ...

Kremnica Mountains The Kremnica Mountains (, , ) are a volcanic mountain range in central Slovakia. They are part of the Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mts. The mountain range is situated east of the town of Kremnica, which gave it its name. ...

Poľana Poľana is a small mountain range in central Slovakia. It lies in the north-eastern part of the Slovak Central Mountains within the Western Carpathians Mountains. The highest hill is Poľana - an inactive stratovolcano A stratovolcano, a ...

* Ostrôžky * Javorie *

Krupina Plain Krupina (, ) is a town in southern central Slovakia. It is part of the Banská Bystrica Region and has approximately 8,000 inhabitants. Etymology The name is probably derived from Slavic root ''krup''. Proto-Slavic: ''krǫpъ'', ''krǫpъjь'' � ...

Zvolen Basin Zvolen (; ; ) is a city in central Slovakia, situated on the confluence of Hron and Slatina River (Slovakia), Slatina rivers. It is famous for several historical and cultural attractions. It is surrounded by Poľana Protected Landscape Area, Po� ...

* Pliešovce Basin (''Pliešovská kotlina'') *

Žiar Basin Žiar may refer to: * Žiar, Liptovský Mikuláš District, a municipality in Slovakia * Žiar, Revúca District, a municipality in Slovakia *Žiar (mountain range), Slovakia *Short name of Žiar nad Hronom Žiar nad Hronom (slang: Žiar, , ; un ...

The highest mountain is

at 1,458 m.

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