Taygetus
The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet Elias".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain range with an elevation of 2,404 metres
- Description: mountain range in Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Oros Taigetos”, “Pentedaktylon”, and “Taygetos Oros”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Profitis Ilias.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anavryti and Kalyvia Sochas.
Anavryti
Village
Photo: macrolepis, CC BY 3.0.
Anavryti or Anavriti is a small village in Laconia, Greece on Taygetus mountain, altitude 850m. Above the Evrotas Valley, Anavryti is traversed by European walking route E4.
Kalyvia Sochas
Village
Κalyvia Sochas is a village in Laconia, in southern Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Sparta. Kalyvia Sochas is situated 6.5 km south of the centre of Sparta.
Arna
Village
Arna is a village on the eastern slopes of the Taygetus mountain range, at an altitude of 700 to 850 m. Located in Laconia, in the Peloponnese, it used to form part of the municipal unit of Faris until 31 December 2010.
Taygetus
- Category: landform
- Location: Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.95311° or 36° 57′ 11″ northLongitude
22.35066° or 22° 21′ 2″ eastElevation
2,404 metres (7,887 feet)Open location code
8G84X932+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 10313443798OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_range
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Satellite Map
Discover Taygetus from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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: “Taigeto”
- 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 Kryoneri Spartis Lakonias and Ridomo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chapel of the Prophet Elias and Chapel of St. Elias.
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