Mount Juktas
Mount Juktas, also spelled Iuktas, Iouktas, or Ioukhtas, is mountain in north-central Crete, in Greece. It is located south of Heraklion, and rises to a height of 811 m above the town of Archanes.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 811 metres
- Description: mountain in Archanes-Asterousia municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Juchtas”, “Juktas”, “Yiouktas”, “Yuchtas”, and “Yuktas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nekropole of Phourni and Lord Christ Church.
Nekropole of Phourni
Phourni is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery in Crete, established in 2400 BC and lasted until 1200 BC. Phourni is Greek for "furnace, oven" and the name of the hill on which the cemetery is located.Anemospilia
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agios Vlasios and Agios Syllas.
Mount Juktas
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Archanes-Asterousia, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.23992° or 35° 14′ 24″ north
Longitude
25.144° or 25° 8′ 38″ east
Elevation
811 metres (2,661 feet)
Open location code
8G7764QV+XJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Juktas from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Mount Juktas” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Mont Iuktas”
- Cebuano: “Yioúktas”
- Chinese: “朱克塔斯圣山”
- Chinese: “朱克塔斯聖山”
- Dutch: “Mount Juktas”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت چوكتاس”
- Finnish: “Gioúchtas”
- French: “Mont Gioúchtas”
- French: “mont Iouchtas”
- German: “Giouchtas”
- German: “Juchtas”
- Greek: “Γιούκτας”
- Greek: “Γιούχτας”
- Hebrew: “הר ג’וקטאס”
- Italian: “Monte Iuktas”
- Ladin: “Mont Juktas”
- Persian: “کوه جوکتاس”
- Polish: “Juchtas”
- Spanish: “Juktas”
- Swedish: “Yioúktas”
- Venetian: “Monte Iuktas”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Archanes and Kato Archanes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Juchtas Minoan Peak Sanctuary and Τα κελιά των Καλογράδων στο Γιούχτα.
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