Karancs (Slovak: Karanč) is the highest peak in the Karancs Hills with an elevation of 729 metres (2,392 ft). It lies on the Hungarian-Slovak border. In Hungary, the mountain forms part of the Karancs-Medves Protected Landscape Area, while in Slovakia it is included in the Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area.
The name Karancs may be derived from the mountain's often dark green (almost black) colour. In Pecheneg and the other Middle Turkic languages, the word kara meant 'black', or from qurunçï 'sooty, charred felt'. Another possible etymology is that the word was formed from the toponymic base karant, derived from the Proto-Celtic *karn- and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- meaning "highest part of the body, horn", thus "tip, peak".
Karancs is a laccolith formed through volcanic activity in the Miocene.
There's a trail leading to the summit. Karancs/Karanč is one of the 38 peaks along the multi-day Északi Zöld.
The nearest mountain hut is Karancs Remetelak menedékház located 839m/2 752ft SW of the summit.
By elevation Karancs/Karanč is
# 25 out of 511 in Nógrád # 1 out of 56 in Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area
By prominence Karancs/Karanč is
# 34 out of 8386 in Slovakia # 8 out of 5035 in Hungary # 2 out of 511 in Nógrád # 5 out of 2536 in Great Plain and North # 10 out of 2091 in Region of Banská Bystrica # 1 out of 56 in Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area
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