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Troodos or Trodos [a] is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in roughly the center of the island. Its highest peak is Mount Olympus – also known in Greek as Χιονίστρα – at 1,952 metres (6,404 ft). [1] Covering a third of Cyprus's area, [2] the Troodos
Olympus, or Chionistra, (Greek: Όλυμπος or Χιονίστρα; Turkish: Olimpos Tepesi) at 1,952 metres (6,404 ft), is the highest point in Cyprus. [3] It is located in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. [4] Mount Olympus peak and the "Troodos Square" fall under the territory of Platres in Limassol District.
Older historic sites include Limassol Castle, Kolossi Castle and the 2,000-year-old ruins at Amathus, while you can also day-trip to the ancient ruins of Kourion, once one of the island’s most ...
Topography of Europe. This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Europe defined physiographically.. Not all points in this list are mountains or hills, some are simply elevations that are not distinguishable as geographical features.
The European walking route E4. The E4 European long distance path or E4 path is one of the European long-distance paths.Starting at Tarifa Andalusia, located at the southernmost end of the Iberian Peninsula, across the Strait of Gibraltar facing Morocco, it continues through Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece to end in Cyprus.
Troodos, Mt. Olympus: Limassol: 2002 viii, ix (natural) This site is a part of the Troodos Ophiolite. In Mount Olympus, the lower part of the oceanic crustal and upper mantle sequences are well exposed and lower crustal and mantle processes can be studied and demonstrated. [16] Malounta Bridge Nicosia: 2002 viii, ix (natural)
Mount Olympus (Cyprus) T. Tsiárta; V. Vlampouros This page was last edited on 26 December 2016, at 21:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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]