Parâng Mountains group

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Parângu Mare (2519 m)

The Parâng (Hungarian: Páring-hegység) mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Parâng Mountains.

Boundaries

The Parâng group is bounded:

• in the east, by the Olt River
• in the west, by the Jiu River

Mountains

• Parâng Mountains (Munții Parâng)
• Șureanu Mountains (Munții Șureanu/M. Sebeșului)
• Cindrel Mountains (Munții Cindrel/M. Cibinului)
• Lotru Mountains (Munții Lotrului; literally: Mountains of the Thief)
• Căpățână Mountains (Munții Căpățânii; literally: Mountains of the Head or Mountains of the Skull)

See also

• Carpathian Mountains
• Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
• Făgăraș Mountains group
• Parângu Mare peak
• Rânca

External links

• Small gallery from the Parang Mountains group
• Maps of Parâng and other mountain ranges in the Transylvanian Alps
• http://www.carpati.org/
• http://www.alpinet.org/