Drienok is a mountain in the
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Range of
Slovakia
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measuring . The typical pyramidal shape of the mountain, which lies on the edge of the range, steeply rises over the
Turiec
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Etymology
The re ...
valley and is easily recognizable from any direction. Under the summit there is an emblematic dead and dry tree.
From 2007 it was renamed from "Drieňok" to "Drienok".
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Veľká Fatra
Mountains of Slovakia
Mountains of the Western Carpathians
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