Păpușa Peak (Parâng Mountains)
''Vârful Păpuşa'' (Păpuşa peak) is a mountain in the Parâng Mountains of Romania, part of the Parâng Mountains group. Mountains * Parâng Mountains (''Munţii Parâng'') * Şureanu Mountains (''Munţii Şureanu''/''M. Sebeşului'') * Cindrel Mountains (''Munţii Cindrel''/''M. Cibinului'') * Lotru Mountains (''Munţii Lotrului''; literally: ''Mountains of the Thief'') * Căpăţâna Mountains (''Munţii Căpăţânii''; literally: ''Mountains of the Head'' or ''Mountains of the Skull'') See also * Carpathian Mountains * Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group * Făgăraş Mountains group * Transalpina (DN 67C), Transalpina Road * Rânca External links Muntii Carpati - Fotografii, Cabane, Harti, Trasee, Salvamont, Cantece online, Vremea la munteAstazi la Alpinet - Alpinet.org :: Ghidul tau montan : Cazare : Trasee : etc.
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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-western part of the Central-Meridional Carpathians. They are the tallest mountains from the local Parâng-Cindrel mountain group and the second largest mountains in the Romanian Carpathians after the Făgăraș Mountains. They are situated between the Șureanu Mountains (north), Latoriței Mountains (north-east), Căpățânii Mountains (east), Vâlcan Mountains (west) and the Petroșani Depression in the north-west. Located south and east of the city of Petroșani, the Parâng Mountains form the eastern barrier of the Jiu Valley (a plateau 100 kilometers long from east to west and 70-80 kilometers wide from north to south). Geology The Parâng Mountains consist predominantly of crystalline rocks, peripherally covered with patches of sedim ...
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