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Carpathian Mountains

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Gerlach (2654 m/8707 ft)
Countries	Hungary (28%), Slovakia (21%), Romania (18%), Ukraine (14%), Poland (12%), Serbia (4%), Czech Republic (2%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Wojewodztwo Podkarpackie (6%), Zakarpats’ka (6%), Wojewodztwo Malopolskie (5%), Ivano-Frankivsk (4%), Suceava (4%), Bács-Kiskun (4%), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (3%), L’viv (3%), Pest (3%), Harghita (3%), Maramureş (3%), Somogy (2%), Neamţ (2%), Fejér (2%), Baranya (2%), Veszprém (2%), Bistriţa-Năsăud (2%), Tolna (2%), Zala (2%), Heves (2%), Bacău (2%), Zlínský kraj (1%), Wojewodztwo Slaskie (1%), Chernivitsi (1%), Mureş (1%), Nógrád (1%), Moravskoslezský kraj (1%), Komárom-Esztergom (1%), Covasna (1%), Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (1%), Csongrád (1%), Vas (1%), Satu Mare (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	234,228 sq km / 90,436 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	621 km / 386 mi North-South 824 km / 512 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	47° 57' N; 24° 20' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Carpathian Mountains
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Carpathian Mountains.

Eastern Europe Ranges	Level 2 (Parent)
Southeast Baltic Plains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Bohemian Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Carpathian Mountains	Level 3
Transylvanian Alps	Level 3 (Sibling)
Ukrainian Plains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Central Russia	Level 3 (Sibling)
North Russia	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Carpathian Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Gerlach	2654	8707
2.	Lomnický Štit	2632	8635
3.	Zadný Gerlach	2630	8629
4.	L'adovy Stit	2627	8619
5.	Pysny Stit	2623	8606
6.	Maly Ladovy Stit	2602	8537
7.	Kotlovy Stit	2601	8533
8.	Vysoka	2560	8399
9.	Kezmarsky Stit	2558	8392
10.	Končistá	2535	8317
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Carpathian Mountains

Gerlach: Clouds appear to be devouring the high massif of Gerlach, highest point in the High Tatra.

Rysy: Approaching the high crest of the Tatra, near Rysy, from the south (Slovak) side of the range.

Kékes: In 1985 the high point of Hungary was marked by a rock, painted like the national flag, on this pedestal.

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