Ciuc Mountains (
Romanian ''Munții Ciucului'',
Hungarian ''Csíki-havasok'') are a mid-high range of mountains of
Harghita County in
Transylvania,
Romania. Geologically they belong to the
Căliman-Harghita Mountains group of the
Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians (''Carpații Orientali'') into three geographical groups (north, center and south) instead. The Romanian categorization includes the Ciuc Mountains within the central Carpathians of
Moldavia and Transylvania (''Grupa Centrală'', ''Carpaţii Moldo-Transilvani''). The
Trotuș River
The Trotuș ( hu, Tatros) is a river in eastern Romania, a right tributary of the river Siret. It emerges from the Ciuc Mountains in the Eastern Carpathians and joins the Siret in Domnești-Sat near Adjud after passing through Comănești and One ...
emerges from these mountains. The highest peak is Noșcolat, at 1,553 m.
See also
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Divisions of the Carpathians
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Additional information
Mountain ranges of Romania
Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians
Geography of Harghita County
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