Drieňok Explained

Drienok
Location:Turčianske Teplice, Žilina, Slovakia
Range:Greater Fatra
Elevation M:1268
Coordinates:48.8902°N 18.9617°W
Type:limestone and dolomite
Map:Slovakia

Drienok is a mountain in the Greater Fatra Range of Slovakia measuring 12680NaN0. The typical pyramidal shape of the mountain, which lies on the edge of the range, steeply rises over the Turiec valley and is easily recognizable from any direction. Under the summit there is an emblematic dead and dry tree.

From 2007 it was renamed from "Drieňok" to "Drienok".

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