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Mountain · Romania

Retezat

Elevation
2,482 m
#6,475
in the world
#24
in Romania

Retezat is a mountain in Romania, rising to 2,482 m, the 24th highest we list in Romania.

Nearest town
31 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Retezat

Retezat lies in Romania, in Hunedoara County.

Key facts

Elevation
2,482 m (8,143 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
Hunedoara County
Coordinates
45.383, 22.850

How it ranks

Among peaks in Romania
#24of 31
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#6,475of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Vf. Retezat2,482 m0.3 km
Vârful Peleaga2,509 m3.8 km
Peleaga2,509 m3.9 km
Păpuşa2,508 m4.3 km
Vf. Păpușa2,508 m4.8 km
Ski resort Straja, Hunedoara1,440 m31 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Retezat.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
LupeniRomania30,48831 km
VulcanRomania19,77233 km
PetroşaniRomania44,18741 km
HunedoaraRomania69,13641 km
PetrilaRomania25,23445 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.