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.

The chain stretches from the northwest to southeast in a curved arc 30 kilometers long and 5 to 7 kilometers wide. Almost completely forested, the highest point of the range is Chlieviská (1024 meters), in the northern part of the group.