Končistá

Končistá
Highest point
Elevation2,537 m (8,323 ft)
Coordinates49°09′26″N 20°06′51″E / 49.15722°N 20.11417°E / 49.15722; 20.11417
Geography
Končistá
Parent rangeTatra Mountains
Climbing
First ascent1874 by Alexander Münich[1]

Končistá is a mountain in the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia located approximately 15 km northwest of Poprad and rising 2,537.5 meters above sea level.

Name

The inhabitants of the Tatra foothills originally referred to the mountain collectively with Batizovský štít as Hreben and Batizovský vrchom. In the 1860's, Končistá was given its own name, which describes its peak as viewed from the south.

References

  1. ^ "Münnich, Alexander". 2003.
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