Bihor Mountains
Bihor Mountains is a mountain range in western Romania. It is the highest point of the Apuseni Mountains, which are part of the Carpathian Mountains. The massif has a length of 25 kilometres from the northwest to the southeast and a width of 14 kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Razvan Antonescu, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 1,382 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Bihar” and “Bihor Massif”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Groapa Ruginoasa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Băița and Nucet.
Nucet
Town
Photo: Delia2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nucet is a town in Bihor County, western Transylvania, Romania. Its name means "walnut trees" both in Romanian and Hungarian. It administers two villages, Băița and Băița-Plai.
Bihor Mountains
- Category: landform
- Location: Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.5° or 46° 30′ northLongitude
22.63333° or 22° 38′ eastElevation
1,382 metres (4,534 feet)Open location code
8GR4GJ2M+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 11226418717OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Bihor Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال بيهور”
- Belarusian: “Біхар”
- Bulgarian: “Бихор (планина)”
- Bulgarian: “Бихор”
- Catalan: “monts Bihor”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes de Bihor”
- Cebuano: “Munții Bihorului”
- Chinese: “比霍爾山脈”
- Czech: “Bihor”
- Czech: “Bihorské hory”
- Danish: “Bihorbjergene”
- Dutch: “Bihorgebergte”
- French: “Monts Bihor”
- Georgian: “ბიჰორი”
- German: “Bihargebirge”
- German: “Bihor-Gebirge”
- German: “Bihorgebirge”
- German: “Muntii Bihorului”
- German: “Munții Bihorului”
- Hungarian: “Bihar-hegység”
- Ladin: “Ciadëina de Bihor”
- Lithuanian: “Bihoro kalnai”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bihorfjella”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bihormassivet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Munţii Bihorului”
- Polish: “Góry Bihorskie”
- Polish: “Masyw Bihorski”
- Romanian: “Masivul Bihor”
- Romanian: “Munţii Bihor”
- Romanian: “Munții Bihor”
- Romanian: “Munţii bihorului”
- Romanian: “Munţii Bihorului”
- Romanian: “Munții bihorului”
- Romanian: “Munții Bihorului”
- Russian: “Бихор (горы)”
- Russian: “Бихор”
- Rusyn: “Бігор (горы)”
- Rusyn: “Бігор”
- Serbian: “Бихор (планина)”
- Serbian: “Бихор”
- Slovak: “Bihorské vrchy”
- Spanish: “Montañas Bihor”
- Swedish: “Bihorbergen”
- Ukrainian: “Біхар (гори)”
- Ukrainian: “Біхор (гори)”
- Ukrainian: “Біхор”
- Venetian: “Monti Bihor”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Baita and Poarta Bihorului.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bihor Mountains”. Photo: Razvan Antonescu, CC BY 2.0.