Bükk Mountains

This central mountain range in northeastern Hungary is bounded by the River Sajó, the streams named Eger and Bán and the Great Hungarian Plain. The highest mountains are Istalló-ko (959m (3147ft) and Bálvány (956m (3138ft). The center of the range forms a plateau some 20km (13mi.) long and 5km (3mi.) wide, with dense mixed woodland and beech forests, the home of many kinds of animals including deer, wild boar and some rare species of birds.

In the Bükk Mountains (Bükk hegység) over 300 caves have been discovered, some showing evidence of prehistoric settlement. The most valuable archaeological finds were made at Szeleta Cave near Lillafüred, which provided men with shelter during the Ice Age.