Apuseni Mountains


The Apuseni Mountains is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called Occidentali in Romanian. Their name translates from Romanian as Mountains "of the sunset" i.e. "western". The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at 1849 metres. The Apuseni Mountains has about 400 caves.

Geography

The Apuseni Mountains do not present an uninterrupted chain of mountains, but possess many low and easy passes towards the Crișana and the Great Hungarian Plain. Going from south to north the principal groups are: the Munții Metaliferi with the basaltic masses of the Detunata near Abrud; the Bihor Mountains, with numerous caverns, with the highest peak the Bihorul ; to the east of this group are the Muntele Mare, to the southwest of Cluj-Napoca; the northernmost chain is the Seș and Meseș Mountains.

Boundaries

Criş Mountains :
Seş-Meseş Mountains :
Bihor Massif :
  • Bihor Mountains
  • Vlădeasa Mountains
  • Muntele Mare Mountains,
  • Gilău Mountains
Mureş Mountains :