Mount Olympus
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Mount Olympus (Greek: Όλυμπος ; an aa transleeteratit as Olympos, an on Greek cairts, Oros Olympos) is the heichest muntain in Greece, locatit in the Olympus Range on the mairch atween Thessaly an Macedonie, aboot 80 km (50 mi) soothwast frae Thessaloniki, Greece's seicont lairgest ceety. Mount Olympus haes 52 peaks.[3] The heichest peak Mytikas, meanin "nose", rises tae 2,917.727 [4] metres (9,570 ft). It is ane o the heichest[5] peaks in Europe in terms o topografic prominence.[2]
| Mount Olympus | |
|---|---|
 Mount Olympus frae the wast | |
| Heichest pynt | |
| Elevation | 2,917.727 m (9,572.60 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 2,355 m (7,726 ft) [2] |
| Isolation | 254 kilometre (158 mi) |
| Leetin | Kintra heich pynt Ultra |
| Coordinates | 40°05′08″N 22°21′31″E |
| Geografie | |
  Mount Olympus Location o Mount Olympus in Greece | |
| Location | Greece |
| Parent range | Macedonia and Thessaly, near the Gulf of Salonika |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 2 August 1913 Christos Kakalos, Frederic Boissonnas an Daniel Baud-Bovy |
| Easiest route | Hike, some rock scramble |
Mount Olympus is notit for its very rich flora wi several species. It is a Naitional Pairk o Greece an a Warld's Biosphere Reserve.
Meethology
In Greek meethologie Olympus wis regardit as the "home" o the Twelve Olympian gods o the auncient Greek warld.[6] It fairmed itself efter the gods defeatit the Titans in the Titan War, an suin the palace wis inhabitit bi the gods. It is the settin o mony Greek meethical stories. In the wirds o Homer:
Olympus wis nae shaken bi winds nor ever wet wi rain, nor did snaw faw upon it, but the air is ootspread clear an cloudless, an ower it hovered a radiant whiteness.[7]
Climbin
Climbin Mount Olympus is a non-technical hike, except for the final section frae Skala summit tae Mytikas summit, which is YDS cless 3 rock scramble. It is estimatit that 10,000 fowk climb Munt Olympus each year, maist o them reachin anly the Skolio summit.
Maist climbs tae Mount Olympus stairt frae the toun o Litochoro, which teuk the name Ceety o Gods acause o its location on the ruits o the muntain. A local frae Litochoro, Christos Kakalos, acame the first tae reach the Mytikas summit on 2 August 1913. Frae thare a road goes tae Prionia, whaur the hike begins at the bottom o the muntain.
Coin
Mount Olympus an the naitional Pairk aroond it wur selectit as the main motif for the Greek Naitional Pairk Olympus commemorative coin, mintit in 2005. On the reverse, the War o the Titans on Mount Olympus is portrayed alang wi flouerin branches on the lawer pairt o the coin. Abuin the scene is written, in Greek, "Naitional Pairk Olympus".
See an aw
- Greek meethologie
- Leet o muntains in Greece
References
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