Transylvania
Hunedoara County
Râu de Mori

Peleaga

Peleaga is a mountain in . It is the highest point in the with a summit elevation of 2,509 metres above sea level. Peleaga is located in , and lies within the historical region of in central Romania.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Retezat National Park and Bucura Lake.

Photo: Ighdaniel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is between and in Hunedoara. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful parks in Romania, and probably even Europe.

Lake
Photo: Dezidor, CC BY 3.0.
Lake Bucura is a cirque lake, situated in the , in . It is located south of the main ridge, at the base of Peleaga Peak, and at an altitude of about 2,040 m.

Peak
Photo: Igor.skokan, Public domain.
, standing at 2,508 metres, is a mountain peak within the of the in . It is the second highest peak within the Retezat Mountains, behind Peleaga.

Peleaga

Latitude
45.36561° or 45° 21′ 56″ north
Longitude
22.89286° or 22° 53′ 34″ east
Elevation
2,509 metres (8,232 feet)
Open location code
8GQ49V8V+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26865098
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
11810088
Wiki­data ID
Q1232288
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Peleaga” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Пеляга”
  • Catalan: “Peleaga”
  • Cebuano: “Vârful Peleaga”
  • Czech: “Peleaga”
  • Danish: “Peleaga”
  • Dutch: “Peleaga”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيليباجا كامپونج الياك دان اينانيكيلوك”
  • French: “Peleaga”
  • Georgian: “პელიაგა”
  • Hungarian: “Pelága-csúcs”
  • Ladin: “Peleaga”
  • Lithuanian: “Peleaga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peleaga”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peleaga”
  • Norwegian: “Peleaga”
  • Persian: “پلیاگا”
  • Polish: “Vârful Peleaga”
  • Portuguese: “Peleaga”
  • Romanian: “Peleaga”
  • Romanian: “Vârful Peleaga, Munții Retezat”
  • Romanian: “Vârful Peleaga”
  • Spanish: “Peleaga”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Șaua Pelegii and Peleaga.

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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 “Peleaga”. Photo: Hardsr, Public domain.