Mainalo
Sign in to saveMainalo (, ; ) is the tallest mountain in the Menalon highlands of the Peloponnese, and is located in Arcadia.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Mainalo
- Mountain.photo
- Fir forest on Mt. Mainalo, Greece.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Greek fir forest on Mainalo
- Mountain.photo_alt
- A photo taken in the summer of a mountainside of Mainalo. The mountainside is completely covered in a green forest of Greek fir.
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1,981
- Mountain.highest
- Ostrakina or Profitis Ilias
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1,216
- Mountain.listing
- World Ribus
- Mountain.language
- Greek
- Mountain.location
- The mountain is in the middle of the Peloponnese, in Arcadia, Greece
- Mountain.map
- Greece Peloponnese
- Mountain.map_alt
- The location of Mainalo on a blank map of the relief of the Peloponnese, Greece
- Mountain.label
- Mainalo
- Mountain.label_position
- right
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Hike
- Mountain.etymology
- from Ancient Greek Μαίναλον (Maínalon)
- Mountain.type
- Mount
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Mainalo (, ; ) is the tallest mountain in the Menalon highlands of the Peloponnese, and is located in Arcadia.
The mountain's highest point, known as both Profitis Ilias and Ostrakina, at a height of , is the highest point in Arcadia. The mountain has a length of from southwest of Tripoli to northeast of Vytina, and a width of from Zygovisti to Kapsas. The mountain is part of a Natura 2000 site, designated in March 2011, covering an area of . In the 19th and early 20th century, the mountain was known as Apano Chrepa.