The Iezer Mountains () are a mountain range in 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 ...

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 ...

. It is part of the

Făgăraș Mountains group The Făgăraș mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Făgăraș Mountains. Boundaries The Făgăraș group is bounded: *in the west, by the Olt Rive ...

. Its total area is . Its highest elevation is , at Roșu Peak.

Location

The Iezer Mountains are located between 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 ...

to the northwest and the

Piatra Craiului Mountains The Piatra Craiului Mountains (, ) are a mountain range in the Southern Carpathians in Romania. Its name is translated as ''Kings' Rock'' or ''The Rock of the Prince''. The mountain range is located in Brașov County, Brașov and Argeș Coun ...

to the east. The rivers Dâmbovița and

Râul Târgului The Râul Târgului is a left tributary of the river Râul Doamnei in Romania. Its source is near the Păpușa Peak, in the Iezer Mountains. It discharges into the Râul Doamnei between Micești and Mioveni Mioveni () is a town in Argeș Coun ...

take their source in the Iezer Mountains. The range lies completely within

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 ...

Peaks

The highest peaks are:2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook
p. 11 *'' Roșu'' 2,470 m *'' Iezerul Mare'' 2,462 m *''Păpușa'' 2,391 m

Gallery

File:Iezer Papusa vf Papau.jpg, Iezer Păpușa - Papau mountain File:Iezer Papusa lake Iezer.jpg, Lake Iezer and the nearby shelter File:Iezer Papusa Mountains.jpg, The main ridge File:Muntii Iezer Papusa.jpg, The main ridge of Iezer Păpușa File:Iezer Papusa treking.jpg, Iezer Păpușa File:Masivul Iezer - Păpuşa, 3D.gif, Iezer – Păpuşa, 3D

References

{{Authority control Mountain ranges of Romania Mountain ranges of the Southern Carpathians