Tatra mountains range from West to East, from Hutianske sedlo pass over Slovak villages of Zuberec and Huty to Zdiarske sedlo pass over Zdiar village. The length of Tatras measured in straight line, the distance between Hutianske sedlo pass and Kobyli vrch's eastern slopes is ca. 55 kilometres(over 34 miles). The largest breadth of the massif measured directly from North to South is 18,5 kilometres(11 miles) and one finds that between Capowski Las/forest area between Brzeziny and Palenica Panszczykowa/ on Polish side and Strbske Pleso mountain resort in Slovakia.
Tatras consist of one, main ridge line going sinuous line from Hutianske sedlo pass to Zdiarske sedlo pass and numerous lateral ridges branching off in all directions among which deep valleys indent themselves. There are over 20 major valleys that stretch from the foothills of Tatras till their main ridge line.
The main Tatra ridge line forms also European drainage divide in its middle part. The areas to the East and North to the mountain range are Baltic Sea drainage basin(Dunajec and Poprad rivers' basins), the rest of the area around Tatras is the drainage basin of Black Sea(Orava and Vah rivers' basin).
The highest mountain peaks of Gerlach(2654) or Lomnica(2632) however don't rise in the main Tatra ridge line, but in southern, lateral ridges. The highest culminations located in the main Tatra ridge are Zadny Gerlach(2630)(the second highest summit of Gerlach massif) and Ladovy Stit(2627).
The highest peaks of Tatras are:
1)Gerlach aka Gerlachovsky stit - 2654 m a.s.l.
2)Lomnica aka Lomnicky stit - 2632 m
3)Ladovy stit - 2627 m
4)Pysny stit - 2621 m
5)Vysoka - 2560 m
6)Kezmarsky stit - 2558 m
7)Koncista - 2538 m
8)Baranie Rohy - 2526 m
9)Vidly - 2522 m
10)Rysy - 2503 m
...11)Krivan - 2495 m
One estimates that there are over 60 mountain peaks "more or less independent and prominent" rising over the altitude of 2400 metres a.s.l.
Tatra mountains, for geological and practical reasons subdivide into 3 mountain groups:
Western Tatras, High Tatras and Belianske "White" Tatras