Tihuţa Pass

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Tihuţa Pass

Elevation 1201 m.
Location Flag of Romania Romania
Range Bârgău Mountains

Tihuţa Pass (Romanian: Pasul Tihuţa; Hungarian: Borgo or Burgo) (el. 1201 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Romanian Bârgău Mountains (Eastern Carpathian Mountains) connecting Bistriţa (Transylvania) with Vatra Dornei (Bukovina, Moldovia).

The pass was made famous by Bram Stoker's novel Dracula where, termed as the "Borgo Pass", it was the gateway to the realm of Count Dracula.