Vtáčnik is a mountain range in central Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

, which is part of the Slovenské stredohorie

Slovenské stredohorie

Slovenské stredohorie is a group of mountain ranges in southern central Slovakia. Approximately in the center of the mountains lies the city of Zvolen.Slovenské stredohorie is a part of the Inner Western Carpathians...

 Mountains and part of the Inner Western Carpathians

Western Carpathians

The Western Carpathians are a mountain range and geomorphological province that forms the western part of the Carpathian Mountains.The mountain belt stretches from the Low Beskids range of the Eastern Carpathians along the border of Poland with Slovakia toward the Moravian region of the Czech...

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It is bordered in the west, north and northeast by the upper Nitra

Nitra River

The Nitra is a 197 km long river in western Slovakia. It flows into the Váh river close to its confluence with the Danube in Komárno. Its source is in the Malá Fatra mountains north of Prievidza. The river Nitra passes through the towns of Bojnice, Topoľčany, Nitra and Nové Zámky....

 basin, Strážov Mountains

Strážov Mountains

The Strážov Mountains are a mountain range in northwestern Slovakia, being part of Inner Western Carpathians, and of the Fatra-Tatra Area. They are situated between the towns of Trenčín, Považská Bystrica, Rajec, Prievidza and Bánovce nad Bebravou, bordering White Carpathians and the Váh river in...

 and Žiar

Žiar (mountain range)

Žiar is a mountain range in the Trenčín Region of northwestern Slovakia, part of the ranges of the Fatra-Tatra Area of the Inner Western Carpathians....

, in the east by the Kremnica Mountains

Kremnica Mountains

The Kremnica Mountains are a volcanic mountain range in central Slovakia. They are part of the Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mts.The mountain range is situated east of the town of Kremnica, which gave it its name...

 and Žiar basin, and in the south by Tribeč

Tribec

Tribeč is a crystalline mountain range in western Slovakia, in the Inner Western Carpathians within the Fatra-Tatra Area, roughly between the towns of Nitra, Partizánske and Zlaté Moravce. It is surrounded by the Danubian Lowland, Pohronský Inovec, Vtáčnik mountains and the Upper Nitra Basin. It is...

 and the Štiavnica Mountains

Štiavnica Mountains

The Štiavnica Mountains are a volcanic mountain range southern central Slovakia. They are part of Inner Western Carpathians and the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains...

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It is divided further into these geomorphological units:

1. Vysoký Vtáčnik
2. Nízky Vtáčnik
3. Župkovská brázda
4. Raj

The four highest mountains are: Vtáčnik (also named Hrádok) (1,346 m), Biela skala (1,136 m), Buchlov (1,040 m), and Žiar (845 m).

Some of the towns or villages around or in Vtáčnik include: Prievidza

Prievidza

Prievidza is a city in the central-western Slovakia. With 51,200 inhabitants it is one of the biggest municipalities in the Trenčín Region.-Features:...

, Nováky

Nováky

Nováky is a town in the Prievidza District, Trenčín Region in western Slovakia. Nováky Power Plant, a thermal power plant is located near the town.The town is one of the centres of brown coal mining in Slovakia.-Geography:...

, Handlová

Handlová

Handlová is a town in the Prievidza District, Trenčín Region in the middle of Slovakia. It is made up of the three parts Handlová, Nová Lehota and Morovno.-Geography:...

, Prochot

Prochot

Prochot is a village and municipality in Žiar nad Hronom District in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia....

, Lehota pod Vtáčnikom

Lehota pod Vtácnikom

Lehota pod Vtáčnikom is a village and municipality in Prievidza District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia.-Geography:The municipality lies at an altitude of 397 metres and covers an area of 27.972 km². It has a population of about 3795 people....

, and Veľké Pole

Velké Pole

Veľké Pole - Hochwies is a village and municipality in the Žarnovica District, Banská Bystrica Region in Slovakia.HOCHWIES - CARPATHIAN GERMANS village in the HAUERLAND, from the 13th century to 1945, in the territory of today's Slovakia...

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