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Surduc Pass
Lainici Monastery, near the Surduc Pass
Traversed by	DN66 [ro]/E79
Location	Romania
Range	Vâlcan Mountains, Parâng Mountains
Coordinates	45°16′17″N 23°22′31″E / 45.2713°N 23.3753°E / 45.2713; 23.3753
Interactive map of Surduc Pass

The Surduc Pass (in Romanian: Defileul Jiului or Pasul Surduc, in Hungarian Szurdok-szoros) is a mountain pass in the Gorj and Hunedoara counties of Southwestern Romania, connecting the Petroșani Depression with Oltenia.^[1]

In Surduc Pass, the Jiu River divides two mountain ranges that belong to the Southern Carpathians: the Vâlcan Mountains to the west and the Parâng Mountains to the east.

In 1947, a road (national road DN66 [ro], part of the E-road E79) and a railway line were opened that connect Transylvania with Wallachia (the two other passes in the region are in the Timiș-Cerna Gap and the Turnu Roșu Pass). In August 2005, a national park with an area of 110 km² (42 sq mi) was created in this pass.

The Romanian name of the pass derives from the Hungarian word "szurdok", which means "defile" or "canyon".

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