Penteleu Penteleu rises to 1,772 meters (5,814 feet) in Romania’s Buzău Mountains, forming the highest point of both the Penteleu Massif and the wider Buzău mountain group. Located in Buzău County in the southeastern part of the Romanian Carpathians, the mountain is known for long forested ridges, open high-elevation meadows, old-growth woodland, abundant wildlife, and …