Southern Carpathians
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,544 metres
- Description: group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania
- Also known as: “South Carpathians”, “Transil’vanskie Al’py”, “Transilvanische Alpen”, and “Transylvanian Alps”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cainenii Mici and Greblesti.
Cainenii Mici
Village
Photo: Nicu farcas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cainenii Mici is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Southern Carpathians.
Greblesti
Village
Photo: Albert Reich, Public domain.
Greblesti is a village, which is situated 5 km southeast of Southern Carpathians.
Turnu Roșu Pass
Locality
Photo: Miklós Barabás, Public domain.
Turnu Roșu Pass is a mountain pass in the Romanian Carpathians, connecting Vâlcea County and Sibiu County. It is formed by the Olt River flowing southwards from Transylvania to Wallachia through the Southern Carpathians. Turnu Roșu Pass is situated 6 km north of Southern Carpathians.
Southern Carpathians
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Venetian—“Southern Carpathians” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Տրանսիլվանիայի Ալպեր”
- Arpitan: “Ârpes Transilvanienes”
- Basque: “Hegoaldeko Karpatoak”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвыя Карпаты”
- Bulgarian: “Южни Карпати”
- Catalan: “Carpats del Sud”
- Cebuano: “Transylvanian Alps”
- Chinese: “南喀尔巴阡山脉”
- Chinese: “南喀爾巴阡山脈”
- Czech: “Carpaţii Meridionali”
- Czech: “Jižní Karpaty”
- Czech: “Transylvánské Alpy”
- Danish: “Transsylvanske Alper”
- Dutch: “Transsylvaanse Alpen”
- Dutch: “Transsylvanische Alpen”
- Dutch: “Zevenburgse Alpen”
- Dutch: “Zuidelijke Karpaten”
- Esperanto: “Carpaţii Meridionali”
- Esperanto: “Sudaj Karpatoj”
- Estonian: “Transilvaania Alpid”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Karpaatit”
- Finnish: “Transilvanian Alpit”
- French: “Alpes de Transylvanie”
- French: “Carpates méridionales”
- Georgian: “სამხრეთი კარპატები”
- German: “Südkarpaten”
- German: “Transsilvanische Alpen”
- Hebrew: “הקרפטים הדרומיים”
- Hungarian: “Déli-Kárpátok”
- Hungarian: “Erdélyi Alpok”
- Icelandic: “Suður-Karpatafjöll”
- Indonesian: “Carpathians Selatan”
- Indonesian: “Karpatia Selatan”
- Italian: “Alpi Transilvaniche”
- Italian: “Carpazi Meridionali”
- Japanese: “トランシルヴァニアアルプス山脈”
- Japanese: “トランシルヴァニア山脈”
- Japanese: “トランシルバニアアルプス山脈”
- Japanese: “トランシルバニア山脈”
- Japanese: “南カルパティア山脈”
- Korean: “남카르파티아 산맥”
- Korean: “트란실바니아 알프스 산맥”
- Korean: “트란실바니아알프스산맥”
- Ladin: “Carpac dl Sud”
- Latvian: “Dienvidkarpati”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De transilvanske alper”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør-Karpatene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei sørlege Karpatane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei transilvanske alpane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei transylvanske alpane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sør-Karpatane”
- Norwegian: “Sør-Karpatene”
- Persian: “آلپ ترانسیلوانیا”
- Polish: “Karpaty Południowe”
- Romanian: “Carpaţii meridionali”
- Romanian: “Carpaţii Meridionali”
- Romanian: “Carpații Meridionali”
- Russian: “Трансильванские Альпы”
- Russian: “Южные Карпаты”
- Serbian: “Јужни Карпати”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Južni Karpati”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Transilvanijske Alpe”
- Slovak: “Južné Karpaty”
- Slovenian: “Južni Karpati”
- Slovenian: “Transilvanske Alpe”
- Spanish: “Alpes de Transilvania”
- Spanish: “Carpatos meridionales”
- Spanish: “Cárpatos meridionales”
- Swedish: “Sydkarpaterna”
- Swedish: “Transsylvanska alperna”
- Turkish: “Güney Karpatlar”
- Turkish: “Transilvanya Alpleri”
- Ukrainian: “Південні Карпати”
- Ukrainian: “Трансильванські Альпи”
- Venetian: “Alpe Transilvaniche”
Localities in the Area
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