Parângu Mare (, "Big Parângu") is a mountain peak in Romania. At 2,519 metres above sea level, it is the highest peak of the

Parâng Mountains The Parâng Mountains (; hu, Páring-hegység) are one of the highest mountain ridges in Romania and Southern Carpathians, with the highest peak, Parângu Mare, reaching 2,519 m. Description The Parâng Mountains are located in the south-wester ...

, located in the Parâng Mountains group of the

Southern Carpathians The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; ro, Carpații Meridionali ; hu, Déli-Kárpátok) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the Pr ...

.2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook
p. 11 It is situated on the border of the Romanian counties of

Gorj Gorj County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. ''Gorj'' comes from the Slavic ''Gor(no)-'' Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolj (“lower Jiu”). Demographics In 2011, the county had a ...

and

Hunedoara Hunedoara (; german: Eisenmarkt; hu, Vajdahunyad ) is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (''Bós''), Groș (''Grós' ...

. It is the most prominent peak in Romania (2,103 m), its parent mountain being

Gerlachovský štít Gerlachovský štít (, translated into English as ''Gerlachov Peak'', German: ''Gerlsdorfer Spitze'', Hungarian: ''Gerlachfalvi-csúcs''), informally referred to as Gerlach, is the highest peak in the High Tatras, in Slovakia, and in the Carpat ...

(2,655 m) in Slovakia.

Mountains

(''Munții Parâng'') *

Șureanu Mountains The Șureanu Mountains, (German: ''Mühlbacher Gebirge'', Hungarian: ''Kudzsiri-havasok''), belong to Romania's Parâng range in the Southern Carpathians, with peaks frequently exceeding . The mountains are located north of Romania's Jiu Valle ...

(''Munții Șureanu''/''M. Sebeșului'') * Cindrel Mountains (''Munții Cindrel''/''M. Cibinului'') *

Lotru Mountains Lotru Mountains ( ro, Munții Lotrului) are a group of mountains that are part of the Southern Carpathians, in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It bo ...

(''Munții Lotrului''; literally: ''Mountains of the Thief'') * Căpățâna Mountains (''Munții Căpățânii''; literally: ''Mountains of the Head'' or ''Mountains of the Skull'')

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Pictures and images from the Carpathian Mountains
* http://www.carpati.org/ * http://www.alpinet.org/
"Vârful Parângul Mare, Romania" on Peakbagger
Mountains of Romania Mountains of the Southern Carpathians {{Romania-geo-stub

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