Trascău Mountains

Trascău Mountains
Trascău Mountains
	Piatra Secuiului
Highest point
Peak	Dâmbău Peak
Elevation	1,369 m (4,491 ft)
Coordinates	46°19′59″N 23°30′00″E / 46.333°N 23.500°E
Dimensions
Length	43 km (27 mi)
Width	4 km (2.5 mi)
Naming
Native name	Munții Trascăului (Romanian)
Geography
	Trascău Mountains within the Apuseni Mountains
Country	Romania
Region	Transylvania
Counties	Alba and Cluj
Parent range	Apuseni Mountains

The Trascău Mountains (Romanian: Munții Trascăului) are located in the Apuseni mountain range of the Western Romanian Carpathians, in Romania.

The Trascău Mountains are crossed by the picturesque Arieș River valley. The highest elevation in the massif is Dâmbău Peak, at 1,369 metres (4,491 ft).

The massif has a length of 43 kilometres (27 mi) from the northeast to the southwest and a width running between 2 and 4 km (1.2 and 2.5 mi). The northern sector runs for 25 km (16 mi), from the Arieș River, at Buru, to the Rimetea River, with tallest peaks (Iaru, Cireșu, Bedeleu, Prislop, Secu, Geamănu, Tarcău, etc.) between 1,200 and 1,300 meters. The middle sector continues to the Galda River, with peaks barely reaching 1,100 meters. The southern sector, which contains the Ciumerna Plateau (with an altitude of 1,200 meters) and the Dâmbău and Piatra Caprii peaks, ends at the Ampoi River.^[1]