Slovenské stredohorie

Location of Slovak Medium Mountains in Slovakia (in gray)

Vtáčnik mountains

The Slovenské stredohorie or Slovak Central Mountains^[1] is a group of mountain ranges in southern central Slovakia. Approximately in the center of the mountains lies the city of Zvolen.

Slovenské stredohorie is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians. They are bordered by the Fatra-Tatra Area in the northwest and north, Slovak Ore Mountains (Slovenské rudohorie) in the east, Southern Slovak Basin (Juhoslovenská kotlina) in the south and by the Pannonian Plain in the southwest.

The Slovak Medium Mountains are divided into the following subdivisions:

• Vtáčnik
• Pohronský Inovec
• Štiavnica Mountains
• Kremnica Mountains
• Poľana
• Ostrôžky
• Javorie
• Krupina Plain
• Zvolen Basin
• Pliešovce Basin (Pliešovská kotlina)
• Žiar Basin

The highest mountain is Poľana at 1,458 m.

References

v t e Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains Western Carpathians Inner Western Slovak Ore Mountains Fatra-Tatra Area Slovak Central Mountains Lučenec-Košice Depression Mátra-Slanec Area and North Hungarian Mountains Outer Western South-Moravian Carpathians Central Moravian Carpathians Slovak-Moravian Carpathians West-Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids Central Beskids Eastern Beskids Podhale-Magura Area Eastern Carpathians Inner Eastern Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Braşov Depression Outer Eastern Central Beskidian Piedmont Low Beskids Eastern Beskids and the Ukrainian Carpathians Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians Southern Carpathians Bucegi Mountains Făgăraş Mountains group Parâng Mountains group Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group Romanian Western Carpathians Apuseni Mountains Poiana Ruscă Mountains Banat Mountains Serbian Carpathians Homolje mountains Kučaj mountains Devica Rtanj Deli Jovan Vršački Breg Transylvanian Plateau (disputed) Outer Carpathian depressions

Coordinates: 48°30′N 19°00′E / 48.500°N 19.000°E / 48.500; 19.000