Tatry are the highest mountain range in Slovakia, Poland, and the Carpathians. They were formed during the Alpine orogeny in the younger Tertiary period and were shaped by glaciers during the Ice Ages. As the only Carpathian mountain range with an alpine character, they are divided into two subunits: the higher Eastern Tatras (with two parts, the High Tatras and the Belianske Tatras) and the slightly lower Western Tatras (with several parts, including the Roháče and the Liptovské Tatras). The High Tatras are not a separate mountain range within the Carpathians but rather a part of a subunit. The Low Tatras, on the other hand, are independent and do not belong to the Tatras, even though it might seem so from the name. The highest peak is Gerlachovský štít (2655 m).