Tymfi
Sign in to saveTymphe (in Latin and English usage) or Tymfi (in the Greek government's preferred transliteration), Timfi, also Tymphi (, ) is a mountain in the northern Pindus mountain range, in northwestern Greece. It is part of the regional unit of Ioannina and lies in the region of Zagori, just a few metres south of the 40° parallel. Tymphe forms a massif with its highest peak, Gamila, at .
Key facts
- Mountain.prominence_m
- 1266
- Mountain.range
- Pindus
- Mountain.name
- Tymphe
- Mountain.other_name
- Τύμφη
- Mountain.photo
- Tymfiwestface.jpg
- Mountain.photo_caption
- View of the west face of Mount Tymphe during summer
- Mountain.elevation_m
- 2497
- Mountain.location
- Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece
- Mountain.map
- Greece
- Mountain.map_caption
- Location within Epirus region, Greece
- Mountain.map_size
- 250
- Mountain.topo
- HMGS Tsepelovo; Anávasi Topo 50 Pindus Zagori
- Mountain.type
- Fold mountain
- Mountain.age
- Palaeocene-Eocene
- Mountain.first_ascent
- unknown; first recorded climbing: 1956
- Mountain.easiest_route
- walk
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Tymphe (in Latin and English usage) or Tymfi (in the Greek government's preferred transliteration), Timfi, also Tymphi (, ) is a mountain in the northern Pindus mountain range, in northwestern Greece. It is part of the regional unit of Ioannina and lies in the region of Zagori, just a few metres south of the 40° parallel. Tymphe forms a massif with its highest peak, Gamila, at .
The massif of Tymphe includes in its southern part the Vikos Gorge, while they both form part of the Vikos–Aoös National Park which accepts over 100,000 visitors per year. The former municipality of Tymfi owed its name to the mountain.