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Pindo
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The Pindus, Pindos or Pindhos is a mountain range located in Northern Greece and Southern Albania. It is roughly long, with a maximum elevation of (Mount Smolikas). Because it runs north to south along much of mainland Greece, the Pindus range is known colloquially as the spine of Greece. The mountain range stretches from near the Greek-Albanian border in southern Albania, entering the Epirus and Macedonia regions in northern Greece down to the north of the Peloponnese. Geologically, it is an extension of the Dinaric Alps, which dominate the western region of the Balkan Peninsula.
The Pindus is a major north-south mountain range that runs through northern Greece and into southern Albania, earning it the nickname "the spine of Greece" because of its central location along the Greek mainland. It matters geologically as an extension of the Dinaric Alps and serves as a defining geographical feature that has shaped the regions of Epirus, Macedonia, and the approach to the Peloponnese.
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Key facts
- Mountain.name
- Pindus
- Mountain.other_name
- Pindos, Pindhos
- Mountain.photo
- File:Pindus Mountains 02 bgiu.jpg
- Mountain.photo_size
- 280
- Mountain.photo_caption
- Pindus in Epirus – The village of Anthochori resting beneath the east face of Kalogiros peak, Lakmos Mountain.
- Mountain.subdivision1_type
- Provinces/Counties
- Mountain.length_mi
- 112
- Mountain.width_mi
- 35
- Mountain.length_orientation
- north-south
- Mountain.highest
- Smolikas
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2637
- Mountain.map
- Albania#Greece
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Part of
- Alpide belt
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Zagori Municipality
- Elevation
- 8652
- Highest point
- Smolikas
- Image
- Pindus Mountains 02 bgiu.jpg
- Width
- 35
- Length
- 180
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Pindus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pindus
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Albania
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Italiano
Il Pindo (greco Πίνδος; latino Pindus; arumeno Pind) è una catena montuosa che si allunga da sudest a nordovest per circa 180 chilometri in area balcanica comprendendo parte dell'Albania con l'Epiro, la Macedonia del Nord e la Tessaglia in Grecia. La catena presenta una ricca vegetazione trovandosi a ridosso dell'Adriatico. La vetta più alta è il monte Smólikas, in Grecia, con i suoi 2637 metri. Il monte era sacro al dio Apollo e alle Muse. In questa catena montuosa si trova il parco nazionale del Pindo. All'altezza di 1.200 metri, nel più alto sito archeologico di tutta la Grecia, sono stati scoperti i resti di una città risalente al IV secolo a. C.
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