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| Mount Olympus (Olimpos) | |
|---|---|
| 👁 Image Mount Olympus: View from Litochoro | |
| Highestpoint | |
| Elevation | 2,917.727 metres (9,573ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 2,355 metres (7,726ft) |
| Isolation | 254km (158mi)👁 Edit this on Wikidata |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 40°05′08″N 22°21′31″E / 40.08556°N 22.35861°E / 40.08556; 22.35861 |
| Geography | |
👁 Mount Olympus (Olimpos) is located in Greece Mount Olympus (Olimpos) Location of Mount Olympus in Greece | |
| Location | 👁 Image Greece |
| Parent range | Olympus |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Mount Olympus (Greek: Όλυμπος; also transliterated as Ólympos, and on Greek maps, Óros Ólimbos) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is 2,917.727 metres (9,572.60 feet) high.[1] Since its base is at sea level, it is one of the highest mountains in Europe in terms of topographic prominence, the relative altitude from base to top.
In Greek mythology the mountain was regarded as the "Home of the Gods", specifically of the Dodekatheon, the twelve principal gods of the ancient Hellenistic world.[2]
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 Ampatzidis, Dimitrios; Moschopoulos, Georgios; Mouratidis, Antonios; Styllas, Michael; Tsimerikas, Alexandros; Deligiannis, Vasileios-Klearchos; Voutsis, Nikolaos; Perivolioti, Triantafyllia-Maria; Vergos, Georgios S.; Plachtova, Alexandra (2023-04-01). "Revisiting the determination of Mount Olympus Height (Greece)". Journal of Mountain Science. 20 (4): 1026–1034. doi:10.1007/s11629-022-7866-8. ISSN1993-0321.
- ↑ Wilson, Nigel (2005). Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece. Abingdon, England: Routledge. p.516.
Other websites
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Media related to Mount Olympus at Wikimedia Commons
- Revisiting the determination of Mount Olympus Height (Greece)
- Mount Olympus
- Greek Mountain Flora Archived 2009-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
