Trascau Mountains
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Apuseni Mountains
The Apuseni Mountains is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Carpathians, also called Occidentali in Romanian. Their name translates from Romanian as Mountains "of the sunset" i.e. "western". The highest peak is "Cucurbăta Mare" - 1849 metres, also called Bihor...
mountain range
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
of the Western Romanian Carpathians, in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
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The Trascău Mountains are crossed by picturesque Arieş River
Arieș River (Mureș)
The Arieș is a tributary of Mureș River in Transylvania, Romania.Most probably "Arieș" means "Gold River" in Dalmatian which is thought to be very similar to the Dacian language. It is concluded that the Romanian name most probably derives from the Dacian name of the river...
valley. The highest elevation in the massif is Dâmbău Peak, at 1,369 m.
Peaks
- Dâmbău, 1,369 m
- Vârful Ugerului, 1,285 m
- Ardaşcheia, 1,250 m
- Vârful Piatra Ceţii, 1,233 m
- Măgulicea, 1,128 m
- Piatra Secuiului, 1,128 m
- Piatra Craivei, 1,078 m