The Carpathian Mountain System lies in the centre of
Europe. The length of the Carpathian arch is 1500 km and it stretches
across the territory of Romania, Ukraine, Poland, Slovak
Republic, Czech Republic and Hungary up to Serbia and Montenegro. The
arch consists of three main parts: Western, Eastern, and Southern
Carpathians. The highest summit of the Carpathians – the Gerlakhovski
Shtit (2655 m.a.s.l.) – is in Tatras, on the territory of Slovak
Republic.