Parâng Mountains
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Date: 2022-01-23

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The Parâng Mountains （Romanian pronunciation: [paˈrɨŋɡ]; Hungarian: Páring-hegység） are one of the highest mountain ridges in Romania and Southern Carpathians, with the highest peak, Parângu Mare, reaching 2,519 m.
The Parâng Mountains are located in the south-western part of the Central-Meridional Carpathians.
They are the tallest mountains from the local Parâng-Cindrel mountain group and the second largest mountains in the Romanian Carpathians after the Făgăraș Mountains.
They are situated between the Șureanu Mountains （north）, Latoriței Mountains （north-east）, Căpățânii Mountains （east）, Vâlcan Mountains （west） and the Petroșani Depression in the north-west.
Located south and east of the city of Petroșani, the Parâng Mountains form the eastern barrier of the Jiu Valley （a plateau 100 kilometers long from east to west and 70-80 kilometers wide from north to south）.
360° panorama of the Parâng mountains– a mosaic of 23 individual images, taken from the Găuri peak （2244m）.
The peak to which the ridge just right of the image center leads is Piatra Tăiată （2255m）.
On the right, half of the Ghereșu saddle （2113m） is visible, leading up to the main Parâng ridge, of which the first peak, Lesu （2375m） is barely visible because of the cloud cover.
Just to the right, but almost entirely obscured by clouds, is the talles peak from the mountain group: Parângu Mare （2519m）.
On the left of the Piatra Tăiată peak the Setea Mohor main ridge is visible, with the two most prominent peaks in this image being （from right to left）: Setea Mică （2278m） and Setea Mare （2365m）.
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The Parâng Mountains consist predominantly of crystalline rocks, peripherally covered with patches of sediments from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic （massive limestone, conglomerates） and Cenozoic eras, mixed with large areas of granite outc...