Global InformationMount Olympus information
| Mount Olympus | |
|---|---|
 Mount Olympus' peaks in daytime | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mytikas |
| Elevation | 2,917.727 m (9,572.60 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 2,353 m (7,720 ft)[2] |
| Parent peak | Elferkofel[2] |
| Isolation | 254 km (158 mi)  |
| Listing | Country high point Ultra |
| Coordinates | 40°05′08″N 22°21′31″E / 40.08556°N 22.35861°E |
| Geography | |
  Mount Olympus Greece | |
| Parent range | Thessaly and Macedonia, near the Gulf of Salonika |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | By religious pilgrims or priests in Antiquity.[3][4]
First Modern Ascent: 2 August 1913 Christos Kakkalos, Frederic Boissonnas and Daniel Baud-Bovy |
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Mount Olympus (/oʊˈlɪmpəs, əˈlɪm-/;[5] Greek: Όλυμπος, romanized: Ólympos, IPA: [ˈoli(m)bos]) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is part of the Olympus massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located in the Olympus Range 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).[8][9][10] It is one of the highest peaks in Europe in terms of topographic prominence.[11]
In Greek mythology, Olympus is the home of the Greek gods, on Mytikas peak. The mountain has exceptional biodiversity and rich flora. It has been a National Park, the first in Greece, since 1938. It is also a World Biosphere Reserve.[9]
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.
- ^ 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. ISSN 1993-0321.
- ^ a b "Olympus, Greece". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ "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. New York Times. November 12, 1967.
- ^ Sandbach, F.H. (1987). Plutarch's Moralia, Volume XV. Harvard University Press. p. 351.
- ^ Jones, Daniel (2003) [1917]. Roach, Peter; Hartmann, James; Setter, Jane (eds.). English Pronouncing Dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 3-12-539683-2.
- ^ "Mount Olympus". Britannica. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ Kakissis, Joanna (17 July 2004). "Summit of the gods". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ 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. ISSN 1993-0321.
- ^ a b NASA (July 7, 2005). "Mount Olympus". Olympus National Park. Management Agency of Olympus National Park. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ "Measuring the height of Mt. Olympus, a century later". Kathimerini. 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Europe Ultra-Prominences". peaklist.org. Retrieved 31 December 2010.