Kozie chrbty, Mountain range in Poprad district, Slovakia.
Ziegenrücken (Slovak: Kozie chrbty) is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians of Slovakia, running east to west from Jánovce near Poprad to Kráľova Lehota at the confluence of the Biely and Čierny Váh. It is divided into two parts, Važecký chrbát and Dúbrava. Its highest point is Kozí kameň at 1,255 m, with two summits joined by a narrow rocky ridge; the main ridge rarely drops below 1,000 m.
Kozie chrbty was originally counted as part of the Low Tatras; Slovak geographers later separated it into its own geomorphological unit, divided into the western Važecký chrbát and the eastern Dúbrava. The range runs east to west from Jánovce near Poprad to Kráľova Lehota at the confluence of the Biely and Čierny Váh. Its highest point is Kozí kameň (1,255 m), also called Patria, with two summits joined by a narrow rocky ridge.
The name Kozie chrbty means "goat ridges" in Slovak; Polish sources call the range Kozie Grzbiety and give the highest summit, Kozí kameň (1,255 m), the local name Patria. The range was once counted as part of the Low Tatras and is now a separate geomorphological unit. The Važecký kras karst south of Važec, about 30 km², holds the accessible Važecká jaskyňa cave.
The range runs east-west from Jánovce near Poprad to Kráľova Lehota at the confluence of the Biely and Čierny Váh. The main ridge rarely drops below 1,000 m, peaking at Kozí kameň (1,255 m), whose two summits are joined by a narrow rocky ridge. The Važecká jaskyňa cave is the accessible karst feature in the Važecký kras, about 30 km² south of Važec.
The range was long treated as part of the Low Tatras; Slovak geographers now classify it as a separate geomorphological unit. Its highest point, Kozí kameň (1,255 m), is also called Patria by locals and has two summits joined by a narrow rocky ridge.
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