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The climate of Lomnický štít belongs to the alpine climate (Köppen: ET), because the altitude of the weather station reaches 2,635 metres (8,645 ft).The annual average temperature is −2.9 °C (26.8 °F), the hottest month is 5.6 °C (42.1 °F) in August, and the coldest month is −10.6 °C (12.9 °F) in February; the annual precipitation is 1,902.4 millimetres (74.90 in), and the ...
The Skalnaté pleso Observatory (Slovak: Observatórium Skalnaté pleso; obs. code: 056) is an astronomical and meteorological observatory in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located at an altitude of 1,786 metres (5,860 ft) on the south-eastern slopes of Lomnický štít near Tatranská Lomnica .
The main ridge of the Tatras runs from the village of Huty at the western end to the village of Ždiar at the eastern end. The Tatras are now protected by law by the establishment of the Tatra National Park, Slovakia and the Tatra National Park, Poland, which are jointly entered in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
The Górale people ("highlanders"), a group of indigenous people with a distinctive traditional culture, are of the High Tatras and other mountain ranges and valleys in the Tatra Mountains region. Ludwig Greiner identified Gerlachovský štít (Gerlachovský Peak) (2,665 metres (8,743 ft)) as the highest summit of the Tatra Mountains , and the ...
The Eastern Tatras consist of High Tatras (Vysoké Tatry) and Belianske Tatras (Belianske Tatry). The highest peak in Slovakia at 2,655 metres (8,711 ft) in elevation, Gerlachovský štít, is located within the park. It is also the highest point in the Tatra Mountains and the Carpathian Mountains.
The High Tatras offer excellent opportunities for climbing. Świnica , here as seen from Kościelec , is the highest peak within the city limits, at 2,301 m (7,549 ft). There is a network of well-marked hiking trails in the Tatras and according to the national park regulations the hikers must stick to them.
An astronomical observatory is usually also attached. Some of these observatories also deal with nautical weather forecasts and storm warnings, astronomical time services, nautical calendars and seismology. Example marine observatories include: 1676 Royal Greenwich Observatory at London
These include the Chacaltaya Astrophysical Observatory in Bolivia, which at 5,230 m (17,160 ft) was the world's highest permanent astronomical observatory [9] from the time of its construction during the 1940s until surpassed in 2009 by the new University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory, [10] an optical-infrared telescope on a remote 5,640 m ...