Kékes, Hungary

Local or Alternate Name(s)	Alternate: Kékesteto Alternate: 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)
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 159      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 150) Selected Trip Reports:      2008-10-19 by Norbert Schaefer      2009-08-04 by Mark Trengove      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      2019-07-31 by Freja Melefors      2019-09-07 by Jeremy Benezra      2022-02-21 by Josef Nuernberger      2022-10-12 by Paul Fejtek
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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: 784 m/2572 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	Tisza Danube Black Sea Bosporus Sea of Marmara Dardanelles Aegean Sea 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.

Kekes, from the east (2009-08-03). Photo by Mark Trengove. Click here for larger-size photo.

On the summit (2009-08-04). Photo by Mark Trengove. Click here for larger-size photo.

Me on the summit of Kekes (2019-10-05). Photo by Christoph Winkler. Click here for larger-size photo.

On the summit (2009-08-04). Photo by Tobias Trengove. Click here for larger-size photo.

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