Transdanubian Mountains Explained

The Transdanubian Mountains (sometimes also referred to as Bakony Forest, Dunántúl Highlands, Highlands of Dunántúl, Highlands of Transdanubia, Mountains of Dunántúl, Mountains of Transdanubia, Transdanubian Central Range, Transdanubian Hills, Transdanubian Midmountains or Transdanubian Mid-Mountains,)^{[1] [2]} are a mountain range in Hungary covering about 7000 km². Its highest peak is the Pilis, with a height of 757m (2,484feet).

Parts of the mountains

• Bakony
  • Southern Bakony
  • Northern Bakony
    • Keszthely Plateau
    • Tapolca Basin
    • Balaton Uplands
      • Bakonyalja
      • Sokoró Hills
• Vértes Mountains
  • Vértesalja (Bársonyos)
• Velence Hills
• Dunazug Mountains
  • Gerecse Mountains
  • Buda Hills
  • Pilis Mountains

Visegrád Mountains are often considered a part of it for geopolitical reasons, but geographically they are part of the North Hungarian Mountains.

Sources

• https://www.arcanum.hu/hu
• http://www.karpat-medence.hu (In Hungarian)

See also

• Transdanubia
• Geography of Hungary
• Pannonian island mountains

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Hungarian geographical names in English language publications . Gábor Gercsák . 2002 . Studia Cartologica . . 30 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320073035/http://lazarus.elte.hu/~guszlev/tajnev/pdf/gg_studia.pdf . 20 March 2012.
2. Web site: Magyar tájnevek angol fordítása . Gábor Gercsák . 2005 . Fasciculi Linguistici / Series Lexicographica . . Hungarian . 30 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320073046/http://lazarus.elte.hu/~guszlev/tajnev/pdf/gg_magyar_tajn_ang_ford.pdf . 20 March 2012.