Malá Fatra National Park

Malá Fatra National Park
Národný park Malá Fatra
LocationWest Slovakia
Coordinates49°12′50″N 19°04′51″E / 49.213969°N 19.080785°E / 49.213969; 19.080785
Area226.3 km2 (87.37 mi2)
Established1 April 1988
Governing bodySpráva 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. Its highest peak is Veľký Kriváň, with an altitude of 1,708m amsl.

For a geological and geographical description see Malá Fatra.