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Key facts
- Elevation
- 2,456 m (8,058 ft)
- Prominence
- 2,456 m (8,058 ft)
- Isolation
- 439.94 km (273.37 mi)
- Listing
- Ultra
- Location
- Crete , Greece
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Ida (Greek: Ἴδα), known variously as Idha, Ídhi, Idi, and Ita (the massif including the mountain is called Psiloritis, Greek: Ψηλορείτης), is the highest mountain on the island of Crete, with an elevation of 2,456 metres (8,058 ft). It has the highest topographic prominence of any mountain in Greece. A natural park which includes Mount Ida is a member of UNESCO's Global Geoparks Network.
Located in the Rethymno regional unit, Ida was sacred to the Titaness Rhea in Greek mythology. On its slopes lies one of the caves, Idaion Antron, the Idaean Cave, in which, according to legend, the god Zeus was born. Other legends, however, place his birthplace in Psychro Cave on the Lasithi Plateau.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Ida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.