Bakony
Bakony is a mountainous region in Transdanubia, Hungary. It forms the largest part of the Transdanubian Mountains. It is located north of Lake Balaton and lies almost entirely in Veszprém county.- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 469 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Bakony Hegység”, “Bakony Mountains”, “Bakony-erdő”, “Bakony-gebergte”, “Bakony-Gebirge”, “Bakonyer Wald”, “Bakonygebergte”, “Bakonygebirge”, “Bakonywoud”, “Баконийский лес”, “Баконьские горы”, “Баконьский лес”, “Баконьський ліс”, and “バコニュ山地”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Herend railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bánd and Kertes-kői-szurdok.
Bakony
- Categories: mesoregion (Hungary) and landform
- Location: Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.16249° or 47° 9′ 45″ north
Longitude
17.78352° or 17° 47′ 1″ east
Elevation
469 metres (1,539 feet)
Open location code
8FVV5Q6M+XC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Venetian—“Bakony” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Бакон”
- Catalan: “Bakony”
- Cebuano: “Bakony”
- Chinese: “包科尼”
- Croatian: “Bakonjska šuma”
- Czech: “Bakoňský les”
- Dutch: “Bakony”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باكونى”
- Esperanto: “Bakony”
- Estonian: “Bakony”
- French: “Bakony”
- German: “Bakonywald”
- Hebrew: “הרי הבקון”
- Hungarian: “Bakony”
- Japanese: “バコニ”
- Ladin: “Bakony”
- Lithuanian: “Bakonis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bakony”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bakony”
- Polish: “Las Bakoński”
- Russian: “Баконь”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bakony”
- Slovak: “Bakonský les”
- Slovenian: “Bakonjski gozd”
- Spanish: “Montes Bakony”
- Swedish: “Bakony”
- Turkish: “Bakony Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Баконь”
- Venetian: “Monti Bakony”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tehén déllő and Veréberdő.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Prédikálószék and Közöskúti-árok geológiai feltárás.
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