Vikos Gorge

The Vikos Gorge or Vikos Canyon is a gorge in the Pindus Mountains of northwestern . It lies on the southern slopes of Mount Tymphe with a length of about 32 km, depth ranging from 120 to 1350 m, and a width ranging from 2500 m to only a few meters at its narrowest part.
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  • Type: Gorge with an elevation of 741 metres
  • Description: canyon in Greece
  • Also known as: “Farángi Víkos”, “Farangi Vikou”, and “Викос тарлауығы”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vikos and Mikro Papigko.

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , in the , , . is situated 4 km northwest of Vikos Gorge.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km north of Vikos Gorge.

Vikos Gorge

Latitude
39.92894° or 39° 55′ 44″ north
Longitude
20.74081° or 20° 44′ 27″ east
Elevation
741 metres (2,431 feet)
Open location code
8GF2WPHR+H8
Geo­Names ID
251964
Wiki­data ID
Q15061872
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Vikos Gorge” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վիկոս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vikos dərəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Викос”
  • Bulgarian: “Викос”
  • Cebuano: “Farángi Víkou”
  • Croatian: “Vikos”
  • Czech: “Vikos”
  • Danish: “Vikoskløften”
  • Dutch: “Vikoskloof”
  • Finnish: “Víkoksen rotko”
  • French: “gorges de Vikos”
  • French: “Gorges de Vikos”
  • German: “Vikos-Schlucht”
  • Greek: “Farángi Víkou”
  • Greek: “Φαράγγι Βίκου”
  • Greek: “Φαράγγι του Βίκου”
  • Hebrew: “קניון ויקוס”
  • Hungarian: “Vikosz-szurdok”
  • Japanese: “ヴィコス峡谷”
  • Lithuanian: “Viko tarpeklis”
  • Macedonian: “Вик”
  • Macedonian: “Високо”
  • Russian: “Викос”
  • Serbian: “Клисура Викос”
  • Slovenian: “Soteska Vikos”
  • Swedish: “Farángi Víkou”
  • Turkish: “Vikos Kanyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Вікос”
  • Western Armenian: “Վիքոս կիրճ”

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