 Usually listed at 2 @,@ 655 metres AMSL ( 8 @,@ 711 ft ) , its exact elevation is actually 0 @.@ 6 metres ( 2 @.@ 0 feet ) lower . The pyramidal shape of the massif is marked by a huge cirque . Despite its relatively low elevation , the about 2 @,@ 000 m vertical rise from the valley floor makes Gerlachovský štít soar . Mistaken for an average mountain in the rugged High Tatras range in the more distant past , it has since played a symbolic role in the eyes of the rulers and populations of several Central European nations , to the point that between the 19th and mid @-@ 20th century , it had four different names with six name reversals . It managed to be the highest mountain of the Kingdom of Hungary , and of the countries of Czechoslovakia and Slovakia within the span of only about two decades of the 20th century . 
