Bistrița Mountains

Ocolaşul Mare Peak, in the Ceahlău Massif

The Bistrița Mountains (Romanian Munții Bistriței) are mountain ranges in northern central Romania.

Geologically these ranges are considered part of the Inner Eastern Carpathians group of the Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians in Romanian territory into three geographical groups (north, center, south), instead in Outer and Inner Eastern Carpathians. The Romanian categorization is indicated below.

The Bistrița ranges consist of:

• the Bistriţa Mountains (Munții Bistriței) per se, i.e. Pietrosul Massif (Masivul Pietrosul; literally: Rocky Massif) + Budacul Massif (Masivul Budacul) + Ceahlău Massif (Masivul Ceahlău), the latter sometimes considered a distinct range. In Romania these are considered part of the central Carpathians of Moldavia and Transylvania (Munții Carpați Moldo-Transilvani), or "MMT"
• Mestecăniş Ridge (Obcina Mestecăniș). In Romania these are considered part of the northern Carpathians of Maramureş and Bucovina (Munții Carpați ai Maramureșului și Bucovinei), or "MMB"
• Dorna Depression (Depresiunea Dornei) MMB
• Giumalău-Rarău Mountains (Munții Giumalău-Rarău) MMB
• Giurgeu Mountains (Munții Giurgeului) MMT
• Hăşmaş Mountains (Munții Hășmașu Mare) MMT

See also

• Romanian Carpathians

Divisions, Groups, and Ranges of the Carpathian Mountains
Western Carpathians	Inner Western Slovak Ore Mountains Fatra-Tatra Area Slovak Central Mountains Lučenec-Košice Depression Mátra-Slanec Area and North Hungarian Mountains Outer Western South-Moravian Carpathians Central Moravian Carpathians Slovak-Moravian Carpathians West-Beskidian Piedmont Western Beskids Central Beskids Eastern Beskids Podhale-Magura Area
Eastern Carpathians	Inner Eastern Vihorlat-Gutin Area Bistrița Mountains Căliman-Harghita Mountains Giurgeu-Brașov Depression Outer Eastern Central Beskidian Piedmont Low Beskids Eastern Beskids and the Ukrainian Carpathians Moldavian-Muntenian Carpathians
Southern Carpathians	Bucegi Mountains Făgăraș Mountains group Parâng Mountains group Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group
Western Romanian Carpathians	Apuseni Mountains Poiana Ruscă Mountains Banat Mountains
Serbian Carpathians	Homolje mountains Kučaj mountains Devica Rtanj Deli Jovan Vršac Mountains
Transylvanian Plateau (disputed)	Outer Carpathian depressions

Coordinates: 47°07′20″N 25°40′30″E / 47.12222°N 25.67500°E / 47.12222; 25.67500