Karancs

Karanč / Karancs
Karanč / Karancs Hungary
Elevation	729 m (2,392 ft)
Translation	Black (Pecheneg)
Location
Location	Nógrád county, Hungary / Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia
Range	Karancs Hills, Western Carpathians
Coordinates	48°9′30″N 19°47′23″E / 48.15833°N 19.78972°E / 48.15833; 19.78972Coordinates: 48°9′30″N 19°47′23″E / 48.15833°N 19.78972°E / 48.15833; 19.78972

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-Slovakian border.^[1] 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'.^[2] 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 *ker- meaning "highest part of the body, horn", thus "tip, peak".^[3]

Karancs is a laccolith formed through volcanic activity in the Miocene.^[4]

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