Key facts
- Peak
- Omu
- Elevation
- 2,505 m (8,219 ft)
- Area
- 300 km (120 mi )
- Country
- Romania
- Counties
- Dâmbovița Prahova Brașov
- Orogeny
- Alpine
- Rock age
- Neogene
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Part of
- Southern Carpathians
- Country
- Romania
- Area
- 300
- Elevation
- 2505
- Highest point
- Omu Peak
- Location
- Brașov County
- Image
- Muntii Bucegi vazuti de pe Postavaru.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bucegi
- mountain range
- Southern Carpathians
- topic's main category
- Category:Bucegi
- time period
- Neogene
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Encyclopedic overview
The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: Munții Bucegi [ˈmuntsij buˈtʃedʒʲ] ) are located in central Romania, south of the city of Brașov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains. At 2,505 m (8,219 ft), Omu is its highest point.
To the east, the Bucegi Mountains have a very steep slope towards the popular tourist destinations in the Prahova Valley, such as Bușteni and Sinaia. At a higher elevation is the Bucegi Plateau, where wind and rain have turned the rocks into spectacular figures such as the Sphinx and Babele.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bucegi Mountains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.