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Mount Ida

Mount Ida, known variously as Idha, Ídhi, Idi, and Ita, is the highest mountain on the island of , with an elevation of 2,456 metres. It has the highest topographic prominence of any mountain in .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,456 metres
  • Description: highest mountain on Crete
  • Also known as: “De Gros”, “Ida”, “Oros Idi”, “Psiloritis”, and “Ίδα”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fourfouras and Apodoulou.

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

Village
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is a village, which is situated 8 km south of Mount Ida.

Village
is a village in south-central , . It is the location of the archaeological site of Cave, a Minoan sacred cave. The sacred cave at is slightly offset from a saddle in the Psiloriti Range virtually aligned with the location of nearby . is situated 9 km southeast of Mount Ida.

Mount Ida

Latitude
35.22631° or 35° 13′ 35″ north
Longitude
24.77081° or 24° 46′ 15″ east
Elevation
2,456 metres (8,058 feet)
Open location code
8G766QGC+G8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26863232
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
261823
Wiki­data ID
Q83659
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Western Frisian—“Mount Ida” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἴδα”
  • Arabic: “ايدا”
  • Arabic: “جبل إيدا”
  • Arabic: “جبل سيلوريتس”
  • Armenian: “Իդա”
  • Basque: “Ida mendia (Kreta)”
  • Basque: “Ida mendia”
  • Breton: “Menez Ida Kreta”
  • Breton: “Menez Ida”
  • Bulgarian: “Ида”
  • Catalan: “Mont Ida”
  • Catalan: “Munt Ida”
  • Catalan: “Psiloritis”
  • Cebuano: “Óros Ídi”
  • Chinese: “伊達山”
  • Chinese: “普西罗芮提斯山”
  • Croatian: “Ida”
  • Czech: “IdaPsiloritis”
  • Czech: “Idi”
  • Czech: “Psiloritis”
  • Danish: “Idabjerget”
  • Dutch: “Ida Psiloritis”
  • Dutch: “Ida”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ايدا”
  • Finnish: “Ída”
  • Finnish: “Ide”
  • Finnish: “Psiloreítis”
  • French: “Ida de Crète”
  • French: “mont Ida”
  • French: “Mont Ida”
  • French: “Mont Psiloritis”
  • French: “Psiloritis”
  • Galician: “Monte Ida”
  • German: “Ida”
  • German: “Psiloritis”
  • Greek: “Ídhi Óros”
  • Greek: “Óros Ídi”
  • Greek: “Ίδη”
  • Greek: “Όρος Ίδη”
  • Greek: “Ψηλορείτης”
  • Hungarian: “Ida-hegy”
  • Hungarian: “Pszilorítisz-hegy”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Ida”
  • Italian: “Monte Ida”
  • Italian: “Monte Psiloritis”
  • Japanese: “イディ山”
  • Korean: “이다 산”
  • Korean: “이디산”
  • Ladin: “Mont Ida”
  • Latin: “Ida”
  • Latin: “Pselorites”
  • Latvian: “Ida”
  • Latvian: “Psiloritis”
  • Limburgan: “Psiloritisberg”
  • Lombard: “Ida (muntagna de la Grecia)”
  • Lombard: “Ida”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ida”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Idha”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Idhi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Idi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ídi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iti”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Psilorítis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ida på Kreta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Idha”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Idhi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Idi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Iti”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Psiloritis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Psilorítis”
  • Norwegian: “Psilorítis”
  • Persian: “کوه ایدا (یونان)”
  • Persian: “کوه ایدا”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Ida”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Ídhi”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Idi”
  • Portuguese: “Psilorítis”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Ida”
  • Russian: “гора Ида”
  • Russian: “Ида”
  • Russian: “И́да”
  • Slovak: “Ida”
  • Slovenian: “Gora Ida”
  • Slovenian: “Ida”
  • Slovenian: “Psiloritis”
  • Slovenian: “Ψηλορείτης”
  • Spanish: “Ida cretense”
  • Spanish: “Monte Ida”
  • Swedish: “Ida”
  • Swedish: “Psiloritis”
  • Tatar: “Ида тавы”
  • Turkish: “İda Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Іда”
  • Ukrainian: “Псилоретіс”
  • Urdu: “ایدا پہاڑ”
  • Urdu: “کوہ ایدا”
  • Venetian: “Monte Ida”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Ida”
  • Western Armenian: “Փսիլորիթիս”
  • Western Frisian: “Ida Psiloritis”

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