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Mount Olympus

This article is about the mountain in Thessaly. For the Martian shield volcano, see Olympus Mons. For other mountains with this same name, see List of peaks named Olympus. For other uses, see Olympus.
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus' peaks in daytime
Highest point
PeakMytikas
Elevation2,917.727 m (9,572.60 ft)[1]
Prominence2,353 m (7,720 ft)[2]
Parent peakElferkofel[2]
ListingCountry high point
Ultra
Coordinates40°05′08″N 22°21′31″E / 40.08556°N 22.35861°E / 40.08556; 22.35861
Geography
Mount Olympus is located in Greece
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus
Map
Parent rangeThessaly and Macedonia, near the Gulf of Salonika
Climbing
First ascentBy religious pilgrims or priests in Antiquity.[3][4] First Modern Ascent: 2 August 1913
Christos Kakkalos, Frederic Boissonnas and Daniel Baud-Bovy

Mount Olympus (/oʊˈlɪmpəs, əˈlɪm-/,[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 Olympus has 52 peaks and deep gorges.[7] 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. The mountain has exceptional biodiversity and rich flora.[11] It has been a National Park, the first in Greece, since 1938. It is also a World Biosphere Reserve.[8]

Olympus remains the most popular hiking summit in Greece, as well as one of the most popular in Europe. Organized mountain refuges and various mountaineering and climbing routes are available. The usual starting point is the town of Litochoro which lies in the eastern foothills of the mountain, some 100 km (62 mi) from Thessaloniki.

  1. ^ a b Ampatzidis, Dimitrios; Moschopoulos, Georgios; Mouratidis, Antonios; Styllas, Michael; Tsimerikas, Alexandros; Deligiannis, Vasileios-Klearchos; Voutsis, Nikolaos; Perivolioti, Triantafyllia-Maria; Vergos, Georgios S.; Plachtova, Alexandra (1 April 2023). "Revisiting the determination of Mount Olympus Height (Greece)". Journal of Mountain Science. 20 (4): 1026–1034. doi:10.1007/s11629-022-7866-8. ISSN 1993-0321.
  2. ^ a b "Olympus, Greece". Peakbagger.com.
  3. ^ "Two Greek Scientists Discover Shrine to Zeus on Mt. Olympus; Pottery and Other Artifacts Found on the Site Believed to Date From 400 B.C." The New York Times. 12 November 1967.
  4. ^ Sandbach, F.H. (1987) [1969]. Plutarch's Moralia. Vol. 15. Harvard University Press. p. 351. ISBN 0-674-99473-6 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Jones, Daniel (2003) [1917]. Roach, Peter; Hartmann, James; Setter, Jane (eds.). English Pronouncing Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 3-12-539683-2.
  6. ^ "Mount Olympus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  7. ^ Kakissis, Joanna (17 July 2004). "Summit of the gods". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Mount Olympus". NASA. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Measuring the height of Mt. Olympus, a century later". Kathimerini. 30 January 2024. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Europe Ultra-Prominences". peaklist.org. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  11. ^ "We tasted mountain tea grown by women on Mount Olympus" (in Greek). 30 September 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2024.

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