Mount Lapithas
Lapithas is a mountain located in southern Elis in the western Peloponnese in Greece. The mountain is named after the legendary people, the Lapiths. In the west the mountain touches the Ionian Sea.Photo: Huskarl2000, Public domain.
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 773 metres
- Description: mountain in Zaharo municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Lapithas Mountains” and “Lapithas Oros”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vrina and Kato Samiko.
Vrina
Village
Vrina is a village in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. Vrina is situated on a low hill, 3 km southeast of Krestena, 3 km southwest of Gryllos and 5 km east of Kato Samiko. Vrina is situated 4 km north of Mount Lapithas.
Kato Samiko
Village
Kato Samiko is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. It is situated 2 km from the Ionian Sea, 3 km southeast of Samiko, 6 km southwest of Krestena, 8 km northwest of Zacharo and 20 km southeast of Pyrgos. Kato Samiko is situated 4½ km west of Mount Lapithas.
Gryllos
Village
Gryllos is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Elis, Greece. The community includes the small village Chani Gryllou. It is 3 km northwest of Graikas, 3 km northeast of Vrina and 5 km southeast of Krestena. Gryllos is situated 5 km northeast of Mount Lapithas.
Mount Lapithas
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Andritsaina-Krestena, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Lapithas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lapíthas Óros”
- Dutch: “Lapithas Mountains”
- Dutch: “Lapíthas Óros”
- Finnish: “Lapíthas”
- French: “mont Lapithas”
- French: “Mont Lapithas”
- Greek: “Lapíthas Óros”
- Greek: “Λαπίθας όρος”
- Greek: “Λαπίθας Όρος”
- Greek: “Λαπίθας”
- Ladin: “Lapithas Mountains”
- Russian: “Лапит”
- Spanish: “montañas Lapitas”
- Spanish: “monte Lapita”
- Spanish: “monte Lapitas”
- Spanish: “Monte Lapitas”
- Swedish: “Lapíthas Óros”
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