Taygetus

The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus is a mountain range on the peninsula in Southern . The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet Elias".
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  • Mountain range rising to 2,404 metres (7,887 feet)
  • Description: mountain range in Peloponnese, Greece
  • Also known as
    “Oros Taigetos”
    “Pentedaktylon”
    “Taygetos Oros”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Profitis Ilias.
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is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anavryti and Xirokambi.
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or Anavriti is a small village in Laconia, on Taygetus mountain, altitude 850m.
is a village and a community near Sparta in the regional unit of Laconia, .
Κalyvia Sochas is a village in Laconia, in southern .

Taygetus

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Latitude
36.95311° or 36° 57′ 11″ north
Longitude
22.35066° or 22° 21′ 2″ east
Open location code
8G84X932+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10313443798
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Geo­Names ID
253062
Wiki­data ID
Q515809

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Venetian—“Taygetus” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ταΰγετον”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ταΰγετος”
  • Arabic: “جبل تايجتوس”
  • Armenian: “Տայգետոս”
  • Basque: “Taigeto”
  • Belarusian: “Тайгет”
  • Bulgarian: “Тайгет”
  • Catalan: “Taíget”
  • Cebuano: “Taḯyetos Óros”
  • Chinese: “塔伊耶托斯山脉”
  • Chinese: “塔伊耶托斯山脈”
  • Czech: “Taygetos”
  • Danish: “Taygetus”
  • Dutch: “Taigetos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تايجتوس”
  • Esperanto: “Tajgeto”
  • Estonian: “Taygetos”
  • Finnish: “Taÿ́getos”
  • French: “Massif du Taygète”
  • French: “Taygète”
  • Georgian: “ტაიგეტი”
  • German: “Taygetos”
  • Greek: “Taÿ́getos Óros”
  • Greek: “Taÿ́getos”
  • Greek: “Όρος Ταΰγετος”
  • Greek: “Ταΰγετος Όρος”
  • Greek: “Ταΰγετος”
  • Hebrew: “טייגטוס”
  • Hungarian: “Tajgetosz”
  • Italian: “Taigeto”
  • Japanese: “タイゲスト山脈”
  • Japanese: “タイゲトス山”
  • Japanese: “タイゲトス山脈”
  • Korean: “타이게토스산”
  • Ladin: “Taygetos”
  • Latin: “Taygetus”
  • Latvian: “Taigets”
  • Macedonian: “Тајгет”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taygetos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Taýjetos”
  • Norwegian: “Taygetos”
  • Persian: “تایژتوس”
  • Polish: “Tajget”
  • Portuguese: “Taígeto”
  • Russian: “Тайгет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tajget”
  • Slovenian: “Tajget”
  • Spanish: “Monte Taigeto”
  • Swedish: “Taḯyetos Óros”
  • Swedish: “Taygetos”
  • Ukrainian: “Тайгет”
  • Venetian: “Taigeto”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Κρυονέρι and Ridomo.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chapel of the Prophet Elias and Chapel of St. Elias.

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