Karancs ( sk, Karanč) is the highest peak in the
Karancs Hills
The Karancs Hills ( sk, Mučínska vrchovina) are a range of hills on the Hungarian-Slovakian border. The highest peak is the Karancs at above sea level.Adrian Phillips and Jo Scotchmer, Hungary (Bradt Travel Guide Hungary), 2010
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with an elevation of . It lies on the Hungarian-Slovak border. In Hungary, the mountain forms part of the
Karancs-Medves Protected Landscape Area, while in Slovakia it is included in the
Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area.
The name ''Karancs'' may be derived from the mountain's often dark green (almost black) colour. In
Pecheneg and the other
Middle Turkic
Middle Turkic (''Türki'' or ''Türkçe'') refers to a phase in the development of the Turkic language family, covering much of the Middle Ages (c. 900–1500 CE). In particular the term is used by linguists to refer to a group of Karluk and Og ...
languages, the word
''kara'' meant 'black', or from qurunçï 'sooty, charred felt'. Another possible etymology is that the word was formed from the toponymic base ''karant'', derived from the
Proto-Celtic *''karn-'' and ultimately from the
Proto-Indo-European *''ḱerh₂-'' meaning "highest part of the body, horn", thus "tip, peak".
Karancs is a
laccolith formed through
volcanic activity in the
Miocene.
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Mountains of Hungary
Mountains of the Western Carpathians
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