Hungary
Northern Hungary
Nógrád County

Karancs

Karancs is the highest peak in the Karancs Hills with an elevation of 729 metres. It lies on the Hungarian-Slovak border. In Hungary, the mountain forms part of the Karancs-Medves Protected Landscape Area, while in Slovakia it is included in the Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 720 metres
  • Description: peak on Slovak-Hungarian border
  • Also known as: “Karanč” and “Karancs/Karanč”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Somoskőújfalu railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Rakás, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Šiatorská Bukovinka and Čakanovce.

Village
Photo: Civertan, CC BY 2.5.
is a and municipality in the in the of .

Village
Photo: Luppus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a and municipality in the in the of .

Photo: Packa, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is the county seat and largest city in Nógrád county, . Once a small mining town, the city was built in a very modern communist style, leaving much to be desired in terms of classical architecture.

Karancs

Latitude
48.15825° or 48° 9′ 30″ north
Longitude
19.78968° or 19° 47′ 23″ east
Elevation
720 metres (2,362 feet)
Open location code
8FWX5Q5Q+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 457332410
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3059568
Wiki­data ID
Q16515528
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Karancs” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Karanč”
  • Cebuano: “Karancs”
  • Czech: “Karanč”
  • Dutch: “Karanč”
  • German: “Karanč”
  • German: “Karancs”
  • Hungarian: “Karanč”
  • Hungarian: “Karancs”
  • Persian: “کارانچ”
  • Persian: “کارانس”
  • Polish: “Karanč”
  • Romanian: “Karanč”
  • Romanian: “Karancs”
  • Slovak: “Karanč”
  • Swedish: “Karanč”
  • Swedish: “Karancs”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ruzsik-Kilátó and Margit-forrás.

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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 “Karancs”. Photo: Pavouk, CC BY-SA 3.0.