Parâng Mountains group

The Parâng 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.

Parângu Mare (2519 m)

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

See also

• Carpathian Mountains
• Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
• Făgăraş 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/

Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains
Western Carpathians	Inner Western Slovak Ore Mountains Fatra-Tatra Area Slovak Central Mountains Lučenec-Košice Depression Mátra-Slanec Area and North Hungarian Mountains Outer Western South-Moravian Carpathians Central Moravian Carpathians Slovak-Moravian Carpathians West-Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids Central Beskids Eastern Beskids Podhale-Magura Area
Eastern Carpathians	Inner Eastern Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Brașov Depression Outer Eastern Central Beskidian Piedmont Low Beskids Eastern Beskids and the Ukrainian Carpathians Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians
Southern Carpathians	Bucegi Mountains Făgăraș Mountains group Parâng Mountains group Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
Western Romanian Carpathians	Apuseni Mountains Poiana Ruscă Mountains Banat Mountains
Serbian Carpathians	Homolje mountains Kučaj mountains Devica Rtanj Deli Jovan Vršac Mountains
Transylvanian Plateau (disputed)	Outer Carpathian depressions

Coordinates: 45°20′24″N 23°32′23″E / 45.3400°N 23.5396°E / 45.3400; 23.5396