The highest and lowest places in the regions of Slovakia

 

The highest and lowest places on the territory of the Slovakia regions were determined using the Digital terrain model DTM 5.0 .

Elevation, positional coordinates, date of collection of airborne laser scanning (ALS) data used to create DTM 5.0, geographical description of the place and display of its location in the Map Client ZBGIS application are shown in the following table:

Region Place Elevation Location ALS data collection date Geographical description of the place
display in Map Client ZBGIS H[m] X[m] Y[m] ϕ λ
Bratislavský kraj lowest 113,9 1267260,50 559498,50 48°16'41,56" 17°16'48,40" 10.12.2017 The bottom of the excavation pit near Pezinok brick factory on the territory of the Pezinok city.
highest 759,1 1251457,50 562508,50 48°25'01,03" 17°13'06,91" 5.2.2018 Vysoká peak in the Malé Karpaty mountains.
Trnavský kraj lowest 107,1 1308200,50 519725,50 47°56'44,10" 17°51'50,20" 27.11.2017 The bank of the Asód-Čergov canal in the territory of the Okoč municipality.
highest 766,7 1240938,50 548534,50 48°31'24,42" 17°23'33,62" 5.2.2018 Zaruby peak in the Male Karpaty mountains.
Trenčiansky kraj lowest 158,5 1231351,50 514064,50 48°38'18,55" 17°50'44,04" 19.2.2019 The bank of the Biskupický canal at the outflow from the region in the territory of the Horná Streda municipality.
highest 1345,7 1237887,50 456243,50 48°37'28,84" 18°38'05,31" 16.11.2018 Vtáčnik peak in the Vtáčnik mountains.
Nitriansky kraj lowest 101,5 1328478,50 448243,50 47°49'05,64" 18°50'20,87" 10.3.2018 The bank of the Dunaj river at the outlet of the region near the state border with Hungary.
highest 943,4 1224313,50 501041,50 48°42'43,49" 18°00'47,09" 6.4.2018 Panská Javorina peak in the Považský Inovec mountains.
Žilinský kraj lowest 287,2 1175402,50 461744,50 49°10'50,43" 18°29'24,91" 28.4.2020 The bank of the Váh river at its outflow from the region in the territory of the Maršová-Rašov municipality.
highest 2494,4 1185411,35 352092,61 49°09'46,10" 20°00'00,46" 30.8.2018 On Kriváň peak in the Vysoké Tatry mountains.
Banskobystrický kraj lowest 126,4 1300700,06 432746,24 48°04'41,03" 19°01'02,39" 28.11.2018 The bank of the river Ipeľ at its outflow from the region in the territory of the Ipeľské Predmostie municipality.
highest 2044,6 1208817,50 379986,50 48°56'10,94" 19°38'24,96" 3.8.2018 Ďumbier peak in the Nízke Tatry mountains.
Prešovský kraj lowest 104,0 1234978,50 225974,50 48°46'34,11" 21°45'19,64" 29.10.2021 The bank of the Ondava river at its outlet from the region in the territory of the Nižný Hrušov municipality.
highest 2654,5 1185882,50 342337,50 49°09'50,52" 20°08'02,53" 12.9.2018 Gerlachovský štít peak in the Vysoké Tatry mountains.
Košický kraj lowest 93,7 1278703,44 231645,91 48°22'52,17" 21°42'09,51" 24.5.2022 The bank of the Bodrog river at the outlet of the region near the state border with Hungary.
highest 1476,5 1229519,50 339616,50 48°46'25,78" 20°12'26,57" 11.5.2021 On Stolica peak in the Stolické vrchy mountains.

Legend:

X, Y - positional coordinates in the S-JTSK (JTSK03) geodetic reference system - EPSG:8352

ϕ, λ - ellipsoidal coordinates in the ETRS89 geodetic reference system - EPSG:4258

H - altitude in the Bpv vertical coordinate system- EPSG:8357

 

Data source: ÚGKK SR, ALS (DTM 5.0)

Data valid for: february 2024

 

Updated: 29.04.2024