Tatra National Park, Poland

Tatra National Park
Tatrzański Park Narodowy
IUCN category II (national park)
Mountain lakes of Czarny Staw pod Rysami and Morskie Oko seen from Rysy, 2,499 metres (8,199 ft) in elevation. Park logo with the Tatra chamois
LocationTatra Mountains, southern Poland
Nearest cityZakopane
Coordinates49°14′39″N 19°57′20″E / 49.2443°N 19.9556°E / 49.2443; 19.9556
Area211.64 km2 (81.71 mi2)
Established1954
Governing bodyMinistry of the Environment
Official nameGlacial lakes in the Tatra National Park
Designated11 December 2017
Reference no.2340[1]
Official namePeat bogs in the Tatra National Park
Designated11 December 2017
Reference no.2341[2]

Tatra National Park (Polish: Tatrzański Park Narodowy; abbr. TPN) is a national park in the Tatra Mountains, in Tatra County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.[3] The park's office is in Zakopane.[4]

The Tatra Mountains are on the border between Poland (north) and Slovakia (south). Since the early 20th century, both countries have worked together to protect the area. Slovakia created a national park next to the Polish one. Later, UNESCO made the area a cross-border biosphere reserve.[5]

  • A field of crocuses in the Goryczkowa Valley, Western Tatras
  • Mnichy Chochołowskie
  • Siklawa Falls
  • Hala Gąsienicowa
  • Czarny Staw pod Rysami and Morskie Oko lakes
  • Kościelec, High Tatras
  • Snow covered Tatras in May 2019
  • Chochołowska Valley in winter
  • A Tatra chamois
  • Tatra Marmots
  • European brown bear
  • Gentiana verna

References

  1. ↑ "Glacial lakes in the Tatra National Park". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Peat bogs in the Tatra National Park". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  3. ↑ en.poland.gov: Tatra National Park. Accessed 5.12.2013.
  4. ↑ "Biuletyny Informacji Publicznej". bip.malopolska.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  5. ↑ "Tatra - Man and the Biosphere Programme". UNESCO. Retrieved 2025-02-18.

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