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The Kyrenia MountainsThe "Pentadaktylos" peak
The Kyrenia Mountains (Greek: Κερύνειο Όρος; Turkish: Girne Dağları) is a long, narrow mountain range that runs for approximately 160 km (100 mi) along the northern coast of the island of Cyprus. It is primarily made of hard crystalline limestone, with some marble.[1] Its highest peak is Mount Selvili, at 1,024 m (3,360 ft).[2]Pentadaktylos (also spelt Pentadactylos; Greek: Πενταδάκτυλος; Turkish: Beşparmak) is another name for the Kyrenia Mountains,[3] though Britannica refers to Pentadaktylos as the "western portion" of the latter,[4] or the part west of Melounta.[2] Pentadaktylos (lit. "five-fingered") is so-named after one of its most distinguishing features, a peak that resembles five fingers.[3]
The Kyrenian mountains are named after the Kyrenian mountains in Achaia, Greece, which are well known from mythology because of the connection with one of the 12 labours of Hercules, the capture of the Kerynitis deer that lived there. This sacred deer of Artemis with golden horns and bronze legs ran so fast that no one could reach it. Hercules, however, after pursuing it for a whole year, managed to catch it and transport it alive to Mycenae.
A devastating fire in July 1995 burned large portions of the Kyrenia Mountains, resulting in the loss of significant forest land and natural habitat.
The only other mountain range in Cyprus is the Troodos Mountains.
^Gritzner, Charles F., ed. (2010). All of Earth. Millennium House. p. 318.
^ ab"Kyrenia Mountains". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
^ abSpilling, Michael (1999). Cyprus. Marshall Cavendish. p. 9.
^Tesch, Noah, ed. (2013). The Britannica Guide to Countries of the European Union: Cyprus, Greece, and Malta. Britannica Educational Publishing. p. 2.
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irrigated by water conducted from the mountains in artificial channels" in the northern slopes of the KyreniaMountains extending to the Karpas Peninsula...
identity of Kurds in Turkey was denied for decades with Kurds described as "Mountain Turks". Atatürk stated in 1930: Within the political and social unity of...
the Mediterranean Sea, on the south by the Troodos mountains and on the north by the Kyreniamountains (Pentadaktylos). It has an area of approximately...
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and administration, with most Christians gradually withdrawing to the mountains. The Ottomans embarked on creating new towns and repopulating older towns...
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in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Kyrenia, thus the name. For 3 days (20–22 July 1974), heavy fighting took place...
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captured on his way to meet Grigoris Afxentiou's guerrillas in the Kyreniamountains, following General George Grivas' orders. Field Marshal Harding chose...
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at least 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of forest on the foothills of the KyreniaMountains. A forest fire occurred in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park...
east forming a protective axis in the Kyreniamountain range of Northern Cyprus. Buffavento guarded the mountain passage from Kythrea to the north coast...
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