Moldoveanu Peak (, ; "Moldavian Peak"), at , is the highest mountain peak in
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
.
[2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook]
p. 11 It is located in
Argeș County
Argeș County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Pitești.
Demographics
At the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, the county had a population of 569,932 and the population density was . At the 2011 Ro ...
, in the
Făgăraș Mountains
The Făgăraș Mountains ( ; ) are the highest mountains of the Southern Carpathians, in Romania.
Geography
The mountain range is situated in the heart of Romania, at .
The range is bordered in the north by the Făgăraș Depression, through wh ...
of the
Southern Carpathians
The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; ; ) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the Prahova River in the east and the Timiș and ...
.
The most popular routes to reach Moldoveanu are over the
Viștea Mare (), by paths coming from Podragu, Sâmbăta, or by the Viștea Valley.
The closest settlement on the north side is
Victoria and on the south side
Câmpulung
Câmpulung (also spelled ''Cîmpulung'', , , Old Romanian ''Dlăgopole'', ''Длъгополе'' (from Middle Bulgarian), or ''Câmpulung Muscel'') is a municipiu, city in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is attested on the Fra Mauro map fro ...
.
In December 2019, the star
XO-1
XO-1 is a apparent magnitude, magnitude 11 G-type main-sequence star located approximately 530 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis (constellation), Corona Borealis. XO-1 has a mass and radius similar to the Sun.
In 2006 ...
, located 536
light-years
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away in the constellation
Corona Borealis
Corona Borealis is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Its brightest stars form a sem ...
, was named ''Moldoveanu'' after the mountain.
Ascent
Moldoveanu can be climbed over the
Viștea Mare (), by paths coming from Podragu, Sâmbăta, or by the Viștea Valley.
See also
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List of European ultra prominent peaks
This is a list of all the mountains in Europe with ultra-prominent peaks with topographic prominence greater than .
European peaks by prominence
The column "Col" in the chart below denotes the highest elevation to which one must descend from a p ...
References
External links
Moldoveanu Peak and many other photos from the Romanian Carpathians"Moldoveanu, Romania" on Peakbagger
Mountains of Romania
Mountains of the Southern Carpathians
Geography of Argeș County
Highest points of countries
Extreme points of Romania
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