{{Short description|Mountain range in central Romania}} {{Infobox mountain | name=Iezer Mountains | native_name={{native name|ro|Munții Iezer}} | image=Iezer Papusa 01.jpg | image_caption=Iezerul Mic (2409 m) | country=[[Romania]] | state_type= | region= | borders_on= | border1= | geology= | age= | orogeny= | area_km2=535 | length_km= | length_orientation=NE-SW | width_km= | width_orientation= | highest=[[Roșu Peak]] | elevation_m=2470 | range_coordinates = {{coord|45|28|N|24|57|E|display=it}} | map=Romania | map_caption= }}

The '''Iezer Mountains''' ({{langx|ro|Munții Iezer / Munții Iezer-Păpușa}}) are a mountain range in the [[Southern Carpathians]] in [[Romania]]. It is part of the [[Făgăraș Mountains group]]. Its total area is {{convert|535|km2|abbr=on}}. Its highest elevation is {{convert|2470|m|abbr=on}}, at [[Roșu Peak]].<ref name=popescu>{{cite journal|author=Popescu, R.|url=https://revistadegeomorfologie.ro/geo/index.php/revista/article/view/40/24|title=Permafrost investigations in Iezer Mountains, Southern Carpathians|journal= Revista de Geomorfologie|volume=20|year=2018|pages=102–122|doi=10.21094/rg.2018.033|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Location== The Iezer Mountains are located between the [[Făgăraș Mountains]] to the northwest and the [[Piatra Craiului Mountains]] to the east. The rivers [[Dâmbovița (river)|Dâmbovița]] and [[Râul Târgului]] take their source in the Iezer Mountains. The range lies completely within [[Argeș County]].

==Peaks== The highest peaks are:<ref name="popescu" /><ref name=yearbook>[http://www.insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/field/publicatii/anuarul_statistic_al_romaniei_carte_en.pdf 2017 Romanian Statistical Yearbook], p. 11</ref> *''[[Roșu Peak|Roșu]]'' 2,470&nbsp;m *''[[Iezerul Mare]]'' 2,462&nbsp;m *''Păpușa'' 2,391&nbsp;m

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Iezer Papusa vf Papau.jpg|Iezer Păpușa - Papau mountain File:Iezer Papusa lake Iezer.jpg|Lake Iezer and the nearby shelter File:Iezer Papusa Mountains.jpg|The main ridge File:Muntii Iezer Papusa.jpg|The main ridge of Iezer Păpușa File:Iezer Papusa treking.jpg|Iezer Păpușa File:Masivul Iezer - Păpuşa, 3D.gif|Iezer – Păpuşa, 3D </gallery>

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