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Mount Ida (Greek: Ἴδα), [3] [4] known variously as Idha, Ídhi, Idi, and Ita (the massif including the mountain is called Psiloritis, Greek: Ψηλορείτης), [5] is the highest mountain on the island of Crete, with an elevation of 2,456 metres (8,058 ft). It has the highest topographic prominence of any mountain in Greece.
Fengari (Greek: Φεγγάρι), also known as Saos (Greek: Σάος), is the tallest mountain in the Aegean island of Samothrace, Greece, with an elevation of 1,611 metres (5,285 ft). Etymology [ edit ]
The highest peak, Mytikas (Μύτικας Mýtikas), meaning "nose", rises to 2,917.727 metres (9,572.60 ft) and is the highest peak in Greece, [1] [8] [9] and one of the highest peaks in Europe in terms of topographic prominence. [10] In Greek mythology, Olympus is the home of the Greek gods, on Mytikas peak.
Peak Height Mountain range Regional unit m ft Olympus: 2,917 9,570 Olympus Larissa, Pieria: Smolikas: 2,637 8,652 Pindus: Ioannina: Kaimaktsalan: 2,524 8,281 Voras
With 227 inhabited islands in total and six main island regions, Greece offers almost too much choice. Lucy Thackray lays out some of the best routes to help you plan your next island-hopping ...
West: Forti islet in the Ionian Sea, in the narrow straits between the island of Lefkas (still under British rule) and the coast of Acarnania province of the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture, to which it belonged; Upon granting of the Ionian Islands to Greece in 1864 the extreme points of the country were modified as follows:
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest point on that route is the col. For full definitions and explanations of topographic prominence, key col, and parent, see topographic prominence. In particular, the different definitions ...
Nauru highest point in Nauru * Mafia Island: Unnamed point: 53 m 174 ft Tanzania * Barbuda: Unnamed point: 44.5 m 146 ft [2] Antigua and Barbuda * Tongatapu: Mata ki 'Eua: 28 m 92 ft Tonga * Likiep Atoll: Unnamed point: 10 m 33 ft Marshall Islands highest point in Marshall Islands * Addu Atoll: Unnamed point: 5.1 m 17 ft Maldives highest point ...