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Mount Olympus (/ oʊ ˈ l ɪ m p ə s, ə ˈ l ɪ m-/, [5] Greek: Όλυμπος, romanized: Ólympos, IPA: [ˈoli(m)bos]) is an extensive massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, between the regional units of Larissa and Pieria, about 80 km (50 mi) southwest from Thessaloniki. [6]
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.
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:
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 ...
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 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 ...
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.