Slovakia Sites
- Geographical midpoint of Europe is located in Slovakia in the village Kremnicke Bane - on the place where Church of St. John was built at the time of German settlement.
- Midpoint of Slovakia is Lubietovsky Vepor - Hump located close to the Lubietova village.
- One of the most important aragonite world caves in Slovakia is Ochtinska aragonite cave which has been discovered in 1954. With its unique and abundant aragonite formations it is one of the most important and visited aragonite caves in the world. From 1995 it is included on the list of UNESCO natural sites together with Domica cave, Gombasecka cave a Jasovska cave and Dobšinská Ice cave from 2000.
- The biggest and only one geyser in Slovakia is Herliansky geyser in Herlany village. It is 15 meters high, with the eruptions every 32 - 34 hours and water with temperature from 12 - 20 degrees Celsius.
- The biggest lake in Slovakia is Big Hincovo Lake that is 20 hectares wide and 53 meters deep. It is located in the High Tatras Mountains, 1946 meters high at the end of Hincova valley.
- The biggest number of lakes in Slovakia is 175 lakes in the area of High Tatras National Park. All of them have glacial origin.
- The biggest Slovak river is river Danube that is 2857 kilometers long. It flows through 8 states. It is second longest European river. It has 172 kilometers on Slovak territory.
- The carst area in Slovakia takes more than 2700 square meters of Slovak Republic.
- The deepest ravine in Slovakia is Zadielska valley that is 400 metres deep and three kilometers long. It is one of the Slovak nature UNESCO sites with occurrence of unique endemic flora and fauna species.
- The hardiest animal living on the highest places in Slovakia is chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica), that lives in the valleys of the High Tatras Mountains.
- The highest lake in Slovakia is Blue lake that is located in the High Tatras Mountains, 2192 meters high, in the Small Cold Valley.
- The highest mountain range in Slovakia is High Tatras Mountain range with area of 550 square meters on Slovak side. It is 55 km long and 17 km wide.
- The highest peak of Slovakia and Carpathian Mountains is Gerlachovsky peak, located in the High Tatras Mountains - 2655 m.
- The highest volcano of Slovakia is Polana peak - 1458 m, which is UNESCO Biospheric Reservation.
- The Highest waterfall in Slovakia is Kmetov waterfall that is 900 meters high and it is located in the High Tatras Mountains in Nefcerka valley.
- The longest cave in Slovakia is Demenovska cave complex that is more than 35 kilometers long.
- The longest river of Slovakia is river Vah that is 403 kilometers long.
- The longest winter sleep has marmot (Marmota marmota), that lives in the High Tatras Mountains. It is oldest protected animal in Slovakia.
- The most important endemic plant in Slovakia is small bush Lykovec muransky (Daphne arbuscula), that can be found only on seven localities in the Muransky Carst and nowhere else in the world. It is one of the most important, rare and protected European species.
- The most interesting travertine waterfall in Slovakia is waterfall Lucky located close to the spa Lucky in Chocske Hills.
- The oldest system of water reservoirs in Slovakia is system of Stiavnicke tajchy lakes. It was built in the 16. - 18. century as an ingenious system of more than 50 reservoirs and many kilometers of channels as a part of medieval mining area of Banska Stiavnica.
- The strongest earthquake in Slovakia was in Komarno town in 1763. It was the strongest earthquake in Slovakia within last 1000 years.
- The total number of Slovak caves is 5350. There are 12 caves accessible for wide public in Slovakia.