Parâng Mountains group
The Parâng[1] (Hungarian: Páring-hegység) mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Parâng Mountains.
Boundaries
The Parâng group is bounded:
Mountains
- Parâng Mountains (Munții Parâng)
- Șureanu Mountains (Munții Șureanu/M. Sebeșului)
- Cindrel Mountains (Munții Cindrel/M. Cibinului)
- Lotru Mountains (Munții Lotrului; literally: Mountains of the Thief)
- Căpățână Mountains (Munții Căpățânii; literally: Mountains of the Head or Mountains of the Skull)
See also
References
- ↑ Alexandru Roşu, Geografia Fizică a României. (Trans: The Physical Geography of Romania), 1980, II edition, Ed. Didactică & Pedagocică București.
External links
- Small gallery from the Parang Mountains group
- Maps of Parâng and other mountain ranges in the Transylvanian Alps
- http://www.carpati.org/
- http://www.alpinet.org/
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