Malá Fatra National Park

Malá Fatra National Park Národný park Malá Fatra
IUCN category II (national park)
Veľký Rozsutec (1,610 m)
Location	West Slovakia
Coordinates	49°12′50″N 19°04′51″E / 49.213969°N 19.080785°E / 49.213969; 19.080785Coordinates: 49°12′50″N 19°04′51″E / 49.213969°N 19.080785°E / 49.213969; 19.080785
Area	226.3 km2 (87.37 mi2)
Established	1 April 1988
Governing body	Správa Národného parku Malá Fatra (Malá Fatra National Park administration)

The Malá Fatra National Park (Slovak: Národný park Malá Fatra) is a national park in the northern part of the Malá Fatra mountains called Krivánska Malá Fatra.

It has an area of 226.3 km² (87.37 mi²) and a 232.62 km² (89.81 mi²) buffer zone. The park was declared in 1988. Between 1967 and 1988 it was a protected landscape area.

For a geological and geographical description see Malá Fatra.

Flora[]

The mountain is covered mainly with mixed beech forests, at higher elevations with fir and spruce. Pine woods and meadows occur at higher altitudes. About 83% of the area is covered in forest.

In the variety and beauty of flora species, the following examples stand out as the most remarkable:

• gentian (Gentiana clusii)
• auricula (Primula auricula)
• Dianthus nitidus
• round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
• lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus)

The summit of Malý Kriváň (1,671 m) in the foreground

Šútovo Waterfall

Fauna[]

The fauna includes:

• golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
• eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)
• black stork (Ciconia nigra)
• brown bear (Ursus arctos)
• lynx (Lynx lynx)
• beech marten (Martes foina)
• European otter (Lutra lutra)
• wildcat (Felis silvestris)
• grey wolf (Canis lupus)

Remarkable places[]

• (Crystal Cave) with calcite decoration, located in the Mountain
• the 38 metres high
• castles, such as the Strečno Castle and
• traditional architecture: Štefanová and Podšíp settlements
• Slovak folklore centres, such as the village of Terchová
• Jánošíkove diery (trans: Janosik holes) - system of gorges and canyons

See also[]

• Protected areas of Slovakia

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External links[]

• Malá Fatra National Park at Slovakia.travel