The Apuseni Mountains is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called Occidentali in Romanian language. Their name translates from Romanian as Mountains "of the sunset". The highest peak is Bihor Peak at 1,849 metres. Along with the Eastern Romanian Carpathians and the Southern Carpathians is one of the three main mountain ranges of Romania. Their name is given based on their geographical position, west, to the Transylvanian Plateau, which is simultaneously their eastern limits, respectively to the Timis-Cerna Gap of the Banat Mountains, the southern group of the Western Carpathians.
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