Parâng Mountains group

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.

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)
• 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/