Kékes, Hungary

Alternate Name(s)	Kékesteto; Kekesteto
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	47° 52' 21'' N, 20° 0' 31'' E 47.87261, 20.008709 (Dec Deg) 425873 E 5302617 N, Zone 34 (UTM)
Country	Hungary (Highest Point)
State/Province	Heves (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Kékes":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      M├ítra and K├⌐kes at SummitPost.org      Weather for Kekes at Mountain-Forecast.com Lists that contain Kékes:      World Country High Points (Rank #169)      Europe Country High Points (Rank #35)      Core Europe Country High Points (Rank #31)      Eastern Europe Peaks with 600 m of Prominence (Rank #10)      Europe High Points - Inclusive Grab Bag (Rank #42)      Europe High Points with Iberian Substitution (Rank #31)      Europe UN Member High Points (Rank #34)      Europe Country Most Prominent Peaks (Rank #35)      UN Member State High Points (Rank #152) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Europe's High Points (McKeating, Crolla) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      2008-10-19 by Norbert Schaefer      2009-11 by Tom Milliard      2010-07-05 by Rickard Colliander      2012-08-31 by Martin Richardson (GPS Track)      2012-09-07 by Lyngve Skrede      2012-10-06 by Piotr Kaczynski      2012-12-27 by Andrej Gerber      2013-07-25 by Deividas Valaitis      2013-08-22 by Marcin Radwan (GPS Track)      2014-05-25 by Péter Hugli      2014-08-15 by Eric Gilbertson      2015-02-26 by Richard Mclellan (GPS Track)      2015-10-02 by Balazs Antal      2015-11-14 by Lee Humphries      2016-10-06 by Brian Friedrich View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (101 total) Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Kékes      Elevation Ladder from Kékes      Prominence Ladder from Kékes

In 1985 the high point of Hungary was marked by a rock, painted like the national flag, on this pedestal (1985-08-20).
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 774 m/2540 ft   Optimistic Prominence: 794 m/2605 ft   Key Col: Hajnacka-teheina    240 m/787 ft
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 82.46 km/51.24 mi    Isolation Limit Point: 48.439473, 19.294117 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Javorie  (NW)
Ranges	Continent: Europe Range2: Eastern Europe Ranges Range3: Carpathian Mountains
Drainage Basins	Danube Black Sea Sea of Marmara Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean
Data Source	Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data
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Other Photos

Yes you can reach the peak in high heels during wintertime even if you happens to jump of the bus at wrong busstop so that you have to walk throuh the snow to get there. Bagged (2013-01-19). Photo by Louise Ekroth. Click here for larger-size photo.

Highest point in Hungary, Kekesteto 1014m (2015-11-14). Photo by Lee Humphries. Click here for larger-size photo.

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