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Vodopád Skok

Vodopád Skok, Mountain waterfall in High Tatras National Park, Slovakia.

Vodopád Skok is a waterfall on the Młynica stream in the Młynicka Valley of the High Tatras, Slovakia. It drops about 25 metres over a granodiorite rock threshold between the upper Pleso nad Skokom and the lower Staw pod Skokiem. At high water the upper edge breaks the fall into a forward spray, which gave the German name Schleierwasserfall (Veil Waterfall).

The waterfall was named by Július Geyer and Martin Róth, naturalists from Spišská Nová Ves, who carried out observations here in 1877. The Mlynica stream carved the fall over a granodiorite rock step about 25 metres high in the glacial Mlynická valley. A record flow of 30,000 litres per second was measured in December 1958.

The name Skok means "waterfall" in Slovak and in the Podhale dialect, and also "rock step" in South Slavic languages. The waterfall was named by the naturalists Július Geyer and Martin Róth of Spišská Nová Ves, who made observations here in 1877. The German name Schleierwasserfall ("veil waterfall") comes from the spray thrown forward when the water is high.

The yellow-marked trail from Štrbské Pleso reaches the waterfall in about 1:30 h, and the descent takes 1 h. Above the fall the path climbs wet granite slabs secured with chains; continuing up the valley is allowed only from 16 June to 31 October. The exposed chain sections are easier going up from the Mlynická valley towards Furkotská.

The waterfall's German name, Schleierwasserfall (veil waterfall), comes from the spray thrown forward when the water breaks over the upper edge of the rock step in high water. The Polish and Slovak name Skok means waterfall in Slovak and the Podhale dialect. The Czech naturalists Július Geyer and Martin Róth of Spišská Nová Ves named the fall during observations here in 1877.

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