Harghita Mountains
The Harghita Mountains (in Hungarian Hargita, in Romanian Munții Harghita) is a volcanic mountain range of the Căliman-Harghita Mountains in Harghita County of Romania, part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians.
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Harghita Mountains
The range is about 80 kilometers long and 20 kilometers wide, and is the “largest andesite mass” and the “largest volcanic body in the whole of Europe”. [1]
Its tallest peak is Hargita (Madarasi Hargita, 1801 metres).
References
- Geology of the Carpathian Region, G.Z. Földvary, 1988, page 223
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