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{{Short description|Mountain pass in Hunedoara, Romania}}
{{One source|date=May 2007}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Vulcan Pass
| photo = 
| photo_caption = 
| elevation_m = 1621
| traversed = {{ill|DN66|ro}}/[[European route E79|E79]]
| location = [[Romania]]
| range = [[Vâlcan Mountains]]
| map = Romania
| map_caption = Location of Vulcan Pass
| map_size = 
| label = Vulcan Pass
| coords = {{coord|45|17.55|N|23|18.29|E|type:pass|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Vulcan Pass''' ({{langx|ro|Pasul Vulcan}}, {{langx|hu|Vulkán-szoros}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Driving the historical Pasul Vulcan in the Southern Carpathians |url=https://www.dangerousroads.org/eastern-europe/romania/3234-pasul-vilcan.html |website=dangerousroads.org |access-date=19 August 2023}}</ref> is a [[mountain pass]] connecting the [[Gorj County|Gorj]] and [[Hunedoara County|Hunedoara]] counties of [[Romania]], on the [[Jiu (river)|Jiu River]] valley. 

The pass is located in the [[Vâlcan Mountains]], at an altitude of {{cvt|1621|m}}, and is crossed by the [[Roads in Romania|national road]] {{ill|DN66|ro}}, part of [[European route E79]]. The [[Defileul Jiului National Park]] is a [[protected area]] that encompasses the Vulcan Pass. The nearby city of [[Vulcan, Hunedoara|Vulcan]] is named after the pass.

==References==
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[[Category:Mountain passes of Romania]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of the Carpathians]]


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