Retezat Mountains

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Title

Retezat Mountains

Description

The Retezat Mountains (Romanian: Munții Retezat, Hungarian: Retyezát-hegység) are one of the highest massifs in Romania, being part of the Southern Carpathians. The highest peak is Peleaga (Vârful Peleaga), at an altitude of 2,509 metres (8,232 ft). Other important peaks are Păpușa (Vârful Păpușa, "the Doll Peak") and Retezat Peak (Vârful Retezat). The name means "cut off" in Romanian.

Source

worldheritagelayer

Contributor

ma306@st-andrews.ac.uk

Type

Site

Identifier

306

Date Submitted

18/05/2021

Extent

cm x cm x cm

Spatial Coverage

current,45.31666584983693,22.776430703498242;

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Retezat Mountains

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Institutional nature

Building

Prim Media

422

Status

public

Condition

1

Contact

ma306@st-andrews.ac.uk

Citation

“Retezat Mountains,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/423.

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