Kyrenia Mountains
The Kyrenia Mountains are a long, narrow mountain range that runs for approximately 160 km along the northern coast of the island of Cyprus. It is primarily made of hard crystalline limestone, with some marble.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 643 metres
- Description: Mountain range in Cyprus
- Also known as: “Five Fingers”, “Kyrenia Hills”, “Kyrenia Range”, “Northern Range”, “Pendadhaktylos Range”, and “Pentadaktylos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buffavento Castle and Panagia Apsinthiotissa.
Buffavento Castle
Historic site
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buffavento Castle is a castle in Northern Cyprus. The exact date of its construction remains unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period. It combines Byzantine and Frankish architectural elements. It fell into disuse in the 14th century. Buffavento Castle is situated 3½ km east of Kyrenia Mountains.
Panagia Apsinthiotissa
Building
Panagia Apsinthiotissa or Absinthiotissa is a Greek Orthodox monastery located at the southern foot of the Pentadaktylos range in the Republic of Cyprus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sychari and Bellapais.
Sychari
Village
Sychari or Sichari is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 290.
Bellapais
Village
Photo: Josef Moser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kyrenia is the chief port and tourist resort of Northern Cyprus. Its old centre is dominated by the castle over the harbour, built by the Venetians in 1540.
Vouno
Village
Vouno is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 299. The village of Vouno is located 10 kilometres north of Nicosia in Cyprus. Vouno is situated 3 km southeast of Kyrenia Mountains.
Kyrenia Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Keryneia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Kyrenia Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال كيرينيا”
- Armenian: “Կիրինիա (լեռներ)”
- Armenian: “Կիրինիա”
- Azerbaijani: “Girne dağları”
- Basque: “Kirenia mendikatea”
- Bulgarian: “Пентадактилос”
- Catalan: “Carena de Kyrenia”
- Catalan: “Monts Pentadactylos”
- Cebuano: “Pentadáktylos”
- Chinese: “凱里尼亞山脈”
- Croatian: “Kirenijsko gorje”
- Czech: “Kyrenia”
- Dutch: “Kyrenia Mountains”
- Dutch: “Kyreniagebergte”
- Finnish: “Kyrenianvuoret”
- Finnish: “Pentadáktylos”
- French: “chaîne de Kyrenia”
- French: “Chaîne de Kyrenia”
- Georgian: “კირენიის მთები”
- German: “Kyrenia-Gebirge”
- Greek: “Oroseirá Pentadáktylou”
- Greek: “Pentadáktylos”
- Greek: “Οροσειρά Πενταδάκτυλου”
- Greek: “Πενταδάκτυλος”
- Hebrew: “הרי קירניה”
- Hungarian: “Kerínia-hegység”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Kyrenia”
- Italian: “Catena montuosa di Kyrenia”
- Italian: “Monti di Kyrenia”
- Japanese: “キレニア山”
- Ladin: “Crëps de Kyrenia”
- Latvian: “Kirēnijas kalni”
- Lithuanian: “Kirenijos kalnagūbris”
- Malayalam: “കൈറീനിയ പർവതനിരകൾ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kyreniafjellene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kyríniafjella”
- Norwegian: “Kyreniafjellene”
- Ossetian: “Кирини”
- Polish: “Kierinia”
- Polish: “Kyrenia”
- Portuguese: “Montes Cirénia”
- Portuguese: “Montes Kyrenia”
- Russian: “Киренийский хребет”
- Russian: “Кирения”
- Russian: “Кириния”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kirenia (masiv)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kirenia”
- Slovenian: “Kirenijsko pogorje”
- Spanish: “Cordillera Kyrenia”
- Spanish: “Montes Pentadactylos”
- Spanish: “Montes Pentadáctylos”
- Swedish: “Kyreniabergen”
- Turkish: “Beşparmak Dağları”
- Turkish: “Girne Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Кіренія (гори)”
- Ukrainian: “Кіренія”
- Urdu: “سلسلہ کوہ کیرینیہ”
- Venetian: “Caena montuosa de Kyrenia”
- Western Frisian: “Kyreniaberchtme”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lakki and Vounaroudia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dikomon and Stavrós.
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