Pelion
Sign in to savePelion or Pelium (Modern , Pílio; Ancient Greek/Katharevousa: Πήλιον, Pēlion) is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. Its highest summit, Pourianos Stavros, is amsl. The Greek National Road 38 (GR-38) runs through the southern portion of the peninsula and GR-38A runs through the middle.
Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Pelion
- Mountain.other_name
- ΠήλιοPilio
- Mountain.photo
- Pilion with monastery pau.JPG
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Southern hook
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 1,624
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1,473
- Mountain.listing
- Ribu
- Mountain.location
- Eastern Magnesia, Greece
- Mountain.range
- Pilio
- Mountain.type
- Fold
- Mountain.easiest_route
- Road, climbing
- Mountain.map
- Greece
- Mountain.map_caption
- Greece
- Mountain.map_size
- 260
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Pelion or Pelium (Modern , Pílio; Ancient Greek/Katharevousa: Πήλιον, Pēlion) is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. Its highest summit, Pourianos Stavros, is amsl. The Greek National Road 38 (GR-38) runs through the southern portion of the peninsula and GR-38A runs through the middle.
==Geography and economy== thumb|left|Satellite view of the hook-like peninsula formed by Mount Pelion thumb|upright|Forest in Mount Pelion