Mount Olympus 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 southwest from Thessaloniki. Mount Olympus has 52 peaks and deep gorges. The highest peak, Mytikas, meaning "nose", rises to 2,917.727 metres an…
Mount Olympus 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 southwest from Thessaloniki. Mount Olympus has 52 peaks and deep gorges. The highest peak, Mytikas, meaning "nose", rises to 2,917.727 metres and is the highest peak in Greece, and one of the highest peaks in Europe in terms of topographic prominence.
Elevation: 2,917.727 m (9,572.60 ft)
Peak: Mytikas
Prominence: 2,353 m (7,720 ft)
Parent peak: Elferkofel
Listing: Country high point · Ultra
Parent range: Thessaly and Macedonia, near the Gulf of Salonika
First ascent: By religious pilgrims or priests in Antiquity. First Modern Ascent: 2 August 1913 · Christos Kakkalos, Frederic Boissonnas and Daniel Baud-Bovy
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