Crete
Heraklion
Archanes-Asterousia

Mount Juktas

A mountain in north-central , Mount Juktas, also spelled Iuktas, Iouktas, or Ioukhtas, was an important religious site for the Minoan civilization.
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Wikipedia
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  • 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 Archaeological Collection of Archanes.

Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Phourni is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery in , 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.

Museum
Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.
is a museum.

Archaeological site
Photo: Aquick, Public domain.
is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan temple on .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agios Vlasios and Agios Syllas.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Mount Juktas

Latitude
35.23921° or 35° 14′ 21″ north
Longitude
25.14398° or 25° 8′ 38″ east
Elevation
811 metres (2,661 feet)
Open location code
8G7764QV+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5262208436
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
251311
Wiki­data ID
Q3321879
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Juktas from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Mount Juktas” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Mont Juktas”
  • 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

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Juktas”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.