Omu Peak: Difference between revisions

'''Omu Peak''' ({{lang-langx|ro|Vârful Omu}}) is a mountain peak of the [[Bucegi Mountains]] in [[Romania]]. It is located in [[Brașov County|Brașov]], [[Dâmbovița County|Dâmbovița]] and [[Prahova County|Prahova]] [[Counties of Romania|counties]].

The top of Omu Peak is flat and sprawling;. thereIt ishouses a weather station and a tourist shelter (Romanian cabana) Omu (2505 m above sea level),<ref name="schronisko:geografia">{{Cite web | url = http://www.cabana-omu.ro/geografie-muntii-bucegi/| title =Geografie Muntilor Bucegi| language=ro | publisher = Cabana Omu|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210119214246/http://www.cabana-omu.ro/geografie-muntii-bucegi/|access-date=23 March 2021| archive-date = 2021-01-19}}</ref> which is the highest mountain shelter in the entire Carpathians. The first wooden shelter was built in 1888 on the initiative of the Transylvanian Carpathian Society. Rebuilt many times, it isnow nowstands as a stone and wooden building, itwhich offers 30 beds and a buffet. The hostel does not have electricity and running water. It is open from March to November.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.cabana-omu.ro/| title =Cabana Omu| language=ro | publisher = Cabana Omu|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210119204250/http://www.cabana-omu.ro/| archive-date = 2021-01-19}}</ref>

The top of the mountain is a rock, several meters,<ref name="schronisko:geografia" /> which is probably why different sources indicate different heights of the summit at 25052,505,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bucegipark.ro/docs/Manual%20bucegi.pdf|title=Introducere in Parcul Natural Bucegi|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-date=4 February 2017|archive-url=

https://web.archive.org/web/20170204185735/https://bucegipark.ro/docs/Manual%20bucegi.pdf|language=ro}}</ref> 25072,507<ref>

https://web.archive.org/web/20191229132147/http://muntii-bucegi.ro/en/accommodation|language=en}}</ref> and 25142,514 m<ref name="natura2000">{{Cite web | url = https://natura2000.ro/_files/public/cms/file_684_fhpLWTY.pdf| title =Lista siturilor de importanţă comunitară| page=408 |access-date=23 March 2021| language=ro | website = natura2000.ro|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140820122039/https://natura2000.ro/_files/public/cms/file_684_fhpLWTY.pdf| archive-date = 2014-08-20}}</ref> above sea level.

Due to altitude, the climate is [[alpine climate|alpine]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''ETHET''). The annual average temperature is {{Convert|-1.8|C}}, the hottest month in August is {{Convert|7.2|C}}, and the coldest month is {{Convert|-10.0|C}} in February. The annual precipitation is {{Convert|950.1|mm|2}}, of which July is the wettest with {{Convert|140.0|mm|2}}, while November is the driest with only {{Convert|49.0|mm|2}}.

|location= Vârful Omu (elevation 2504m, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1928–present)

|source 2 = [[Administrația Națională de Meteorologie]] (extremes{{efn|The following data is compiled by Altervista based on data from [[Administrația Națională de Meteorologie|Meteo România]], with 4 sets of suspicious data removed.}})<ref name=extremes>{{Cite web