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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 Petroşani Depression with Oltenia.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 (DN66 part of E79) and a railway line were opened that connect Transylvania with Wallachia (the two other passes in region are in the Timiş-Cerna Gap and Turnu Roşu Pass).