At an elevation of 8,711 ft, Gerlachovsk tt is the highest peak of the High Tatras, a mountain range along the border of northern Slovakia in the Preov Region, and southern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Gerlachovsky stit (Slovak pronunciation (help), translated into English as Gerlachov Peak, german: Gerlsdorfer Spitze), informally referred to as Gerlach, is the highest peak in the High Tatras, in Slovakia, and in the whole 1,500 km (930 mi) long Carpathian mountain chain. Usually listed at 2655 metres AMSL (8,711 ft), its exact elevation is actually 0.6 metres (2.0 feet) lower. The High Tatras or High Tatra Mountains (Slovak: Vysoke Tatry; Polish: Tatry Wysokie; Rusyn:  , Vysoki Tatry; Hungarian: Magas-Tatra; German: Hohe Tatra; French: Hautes Tatras), are a mountain range along the border of northern Slovakia in the Presov Region, and southern Poland in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. 
