The Súľov Mountains (in Slovak, ''Súľovské vrchy'') is a rugged mountain range in Slovakia, the northwestern part of the

Fatra-Tatra Area The Fatra-Tatra Area (in geomorphology) or the Tatra-Fatra Belt of core mountains (in geology) is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians, a subprovince of the Western Carpathians. Most of the area lies in Slovakia with small parts reaching int ...

of the

Inner Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya S ...

. Its highest peak is Veľký Manín, at 890 meters. The Súľov Mountains is the location of: * the

Súľov Rocks The Súľov Rocks () is a national nature reserve situated within the Súľov Mountains region of Slovakia. It was declared in 1973 and is located in the Bytča District in Žilina Region. Rocky crags take the shape of towers, cones, needles, ga ...

, a national nature reserve open for hiking and rock-climbing. The highest peak in this area is ''Žibrid'' (867 meters)
Landscapes and Landforms of Slovakia
'. Switzerland, Springer International Publishing, 2022. 427. * the national nature reserves of the Manínska Gorge and the Kostolecká Gorge * the Bosmany natural monument * the extensive castle ruins of the 13th century Lietava Castle and the 15th century Súľovský Castle A portion of the Súľovs is also protected by the

Strážov Mountains Protected Landscape Area Strážov Mountains Protected Landscape Area () is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area is situated in the Strážov Mountains and the Súľov Mountains, part of the Western Carpathians, in western Slovakia. It ...

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