The Choč Mountains (in Slovak, Chočské vrchy) are a range of mountains in north-central Slovakia, a portion of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians. The range is 24 kilometers long and on average only 4 kilometers wide. Highest peak is Veľký Choč at 1 611 metres above sea level.

Location

Choč Mountains are bordered:

• in the northwest by the Oravská Highlands,
• in the northeast by the valley of the Podtatranská Brázda,
• in the east by the Western Tatras,
• the south by the basin of the Podtatranská kotlina,
• in the southwest by Greater Fatra

Highest Peaks

• Veľký Choč, 1611 metres
• Malý Choč, 1465 metres
• Prosečné, 1371 metres
• Holica, 1340 metres
• Lomná, 1278 metres

See also

• Tatra Mountains
• Tourism in Slovakia

References

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