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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.
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.
Mount Aenos or Ainos (Ancient Greek: Ὄρος Αἶνος; Modern Greek: Όρος Αίνος; Italian: Monte Nero or Montagna Nera) is the tallest mountain on the Ionian island of Cephalonia, Greece, with an elevation of 1,628 metres (5,341 ft).
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
The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus (Greek: Ταΰγετος, romanized: Taygetos) is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet Elias" . The name is one of the oldest recorded in Europe, appearing in the Odyssey. [2]
Attavyros (Greek: Αττάβυρος) or Atavyros (Ατάβυρος) or Atabyron (Ancient Greek: Ἀτάβυρον) [1] is the highest mountain on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese in Greece. It rises to a height of 1,215 m. It lies to the south of the village of Embonas.
The previous name of the mountain, Sáos, which means safe, is still used in some maps. The current common name, though, is Fengari or Fenghári, which means moon.. According to a local legend, anyone who stands at the top of the mountain during the night of a full moon will see something that they wish for coming true.
Damaged trig point on the summit Located in the Rethymno regional unit , the Agathias stands close to the Psiloritis , the highest summit of Mount Ida massif and of the whole island. It belongs to the water divide between the southern part of Crete, tributary of the Libyan Sea , and the northern one, facing the Aegean Sea .