Mount Olympus

Mount Olympus is an extensive massif near the of the , located on the border between and , between the regional units of and , about 80 km southwest from .
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,917 metres
  • Description: mountain in Elassona municipality, Greece
  • Also known as: Ano Olymbos”, “Olymbos”, “Olympia”, “Olympos”, “Olympus”, “Óros Ólimbos”, “Oros Olympos”, and “Óros Ólympos

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mytikas and Chapel of the Prophet Elias, Mount Olympus.

Peak
is a peak.

Church
Near the summits of Mount Olympus lies the chapel of the Prophet Elias. The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates the saint on July 20.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kokkinopilos.

Village
is a village and a community in , . Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Olympos. The community of covers an area of 129.368 km2. is situated 8 km west of Mount Olympus.

Mount Olympus

Latitude
40.08175° or 40° 4′ 54″ north
Longitude
22.34954° or 22° 20′ 58″ east
Elevation
2,917 metres (9,570 feet)
Open location code
8GG438JX+MR
Geo­Names ID
734890
Wiki­data ID
Q80344
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mount Olympus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Olimpus
  • Albanian: Mali i Olimpit
  • Albanian: Mali Olimp
  • Albanian: Olimpi
  • Albanian: Olymp
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Ὄλυμπος
  • Arabic: أوليمبس
  • Arabic: جبل أولمبوس
  • Arabic: جبل أوليمبوس
  • Arabic: جبل أوليمبيا
  • Arabic: جبل الأوليمب
  • Arabic: جبل اوليمبوس
  • Armenian: Օլիմպոս
  • Asturian: Monte Olimpu
  • Asturian: Olimpu
  • Azerbaijani: Keşiş dağı
  • Bashkir: Олимп
  • Basque: Olinpo mendia
  • Basque: Olinpo
  • Belarusian: Алімп
  • Bengali: অলিম্পাস পর্বত
  • Bosnian: Olimp
  • Breton: Menez Olimpos
  • Breton: Olimp
  • Breton: Olimpos
  • Breton: Olympos
  • Bulgarian: Олимп
  • Burmese: အိုလံပတ်တောင် (ဂရိ)
  • Burmese: အိုလံပတ်တောင်
  • Catalan: Mont Olimp
  • Catalan: Olimp
  • Cebuano: Mount Olympus
  • Central Bikol: Bukid Olympus
  • Chinese: 奥林匹斯
  • Chinese: 奥林匹斯山
  • Chinese: 奥林帕斯山
  • Chinese: 奥林波斯山
  • Chinese: 奧林匹斯山
  • Chinese: 奧林帕斯山
  • Croatian: Olimp
  • Czech: Olymp
  • Danish: Olympen
  • Danish: Olympos
  • Dutch: Mount Olympus
  • Dutch: Olympus
  • Egyptian Arabic: اوليمبوس
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبال أوليمبوس
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل الاوليمب
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل اوليبموس
  • Esperanto: Monto Olimpo
  • Esperanto: Olimpo
  • Estonian: Olümpos
  • Estonian: Olympos
  • Finnish: Olympos-vuori
  • Finnish: Olympos
  • Finnish: Ólympos
  • Finnish: Olymposvuori
  • French: L’Olympe
  • French: mont Olympe
  • French: Mont Olympe
  • French: Olympe
  • Galician: Monte Olimpo, Grecia
  • Galician: Monte Olimpo
  • Georgian: ოლიმპი
  • Georgian: ოლიმპო
  • German: Berg Olymp
  • German: Olímbos
  • German: Olýmbos
  • German: Olymp
  • German: Olýmpos
  • Greek: Όλυμπος
  • Greek: Όρος Όλυμπος
  • Hebrew: אולימפוס
  • Hebrew: הר האולימפוס
  • Hindi: माउंट ओलिंपस
  • Hungarian: Olümposz
  • Icelandic: Ólympsfjall
  • Icelandic: Ólympusfjall (Grikklandi)
  • Ido: Monto Olimpo
  • Indonesian: Gunung Olimpus
  • Irish: Sliabh Oilimpeas
  • Italian: Monte Olimpo
  • Italian: Olimpo
  • Japanese: オリュンポス
  • Japanese: オリュンポス山
  • Japanese: オリンポス山 (ギリシャ)
  • Japanese: オリンポス山
  • Javanese: Gunung Olimpus
  • Kara-Kalpak: Olimp
  • Kashmiri: اولمپس پہاڑ
  • Kazakh: Олимп
  • Korean: 올륌포스 산
  • Korean: 올륌포스
  • Korean: 올림포스
  • Korean: 올림포스산
  • Korean: 올림포스의 12신
  • Korean: 올림푸스 산
  • Kurdish: çiyayê Olîmpê
  • Kurdish: Çiyayê Olîmpê
  • Ladin: Mont Olympus
  • Lak: Олимп
  • Latin: Olympus mons
  • Latin: Olympus Mons
  • Latin: Olympus
  • Latvian: Olimpa kalns
  • Latvian: Olimps
  • Lithuanian: Olimpas
  • Lithuanian: Olimpo kalnas
  • Lombard: Olimp
  • Luxembourgish: Olymp
  • Luxembourgish: Olympos
  • Macedonian: Олимп
  • Malagasy: Tendrombohitra Olimpa
  • Malagasy: Tendrombohitra Ôlimpôsy
  • Malay: Gunung Olympus
  • Malayalam: മൗണ്ട് ഒളിമ്പസ്
  • Manipuri: ꯑꯣꯂꯤꯝꯄꯁ
  • Marathi: ऑलिंपस पर्वत
  • Marathi: ऑलिम्पस पर्वत
  • Marathi: माउंट ऑलिंपस
  • Marathi: माउंट ऑलिम्पस
  • Nepali: ओलम्पिया
  • Northern Frisian: Olymp
  • Northern Sami: Olympos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ólymbos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Olympen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Olympos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Olympus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Olimbos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Ólymbos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Olympen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Olympos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Olympus
  • Norwegian: Olympos
  • Occitan (post 1500): Mont Olimp
  • Occitan (post 1500): Olimp
  • Persian: المپ
  • Persian: کوه المپ
  • Polish: Góra Olimp
  • Polish: Olimp
  • Polish: Olimpos
  • Polish: Park Narodowy Olimpu
  • Polish: Park Narodowy Olympus
  • Portuguese: Cume Mitikas
  • Portuguese: Monte Olimpo
  • Portuguese: Olimpo
  • Portuguese: Olímpo
  • Pushto: اولمپس غر
  • Romanian: Muntele Olimp
  • Romanian: Olimp
  • Russian: Олимп
  • Sardinian: Monte Olimpo
  • Sardinian: Olimpu
  • Scots: Mount Olympus
  • Serbian: Όλυμπος
  • Serbian: Олимп
  • Serbian: планина Олимп
  • Serbo-Croatian: Olimp
  • Sindhi: اولمپس جبل
  • Sinhala: ඔලිම්පස් කන්ද
  • Slovak: Olymp
  • Slovenian: Olimp
  • South Azerbaijani: اولمپ داغی
  • Spanish: Monte Olimpo
  • Spanish: Olimpo
  • Spanish: Parque nacional del Olimpo
  • Swahili: Mlima Olimpos
  • Swedish: Olympen
  • Swedish: Olympos
  • Tagalog: Bundok Olympus
  • Tajik: Олимп
  • Tamil: ஒலிம்பசு மலை
  • Telugu: ఒలింపయనులు
  • Thai: เขาโอลิมปัส
  • Thai: ภูเขาโอลิมปัส
  • Thai: ยอดเขาโอลิมปัส
  • Thai: โอลิมปัส
  • Turkish: Olimpiya Dağı
  • Turkish: Olimpos Dağı
  • Turkish: Olimpos
  • Ukrainian: Олімп
  • Ukrainian: Пантеон
  • Urdu: کوہ اولمپس
  • Uzbek: Olimp tog‘i
  • Uzbek: Olimp Tog‘i
  • Uzbek: Olimp tog’i
  • Uzbek: Olimp Tog’i
  • Uzbek: Olimp tog`i
  • Uzbek: Olimp Tog`i
  • Uzbek: Olimp togʻi
  • Uzbek: Olimp Togʻi
  • Venetian: Olimpo
  • Vietnamese: Đỉnh Olympia
  • Vietnamese: Đỉnh Olympus
  • Vietnamese: Núi Ólympos
  • Vietnamese: Núi Olympus
  • Waray (Philippines): Bukid Olympus
  • Welsh: Mynydd Olympos
  • Welsh: Olympos
  • Welsh: Olympus
  • Western Armenian: Ողիմպոս
  • Western Panjabi: اولمپس پعاڑ
  • Western Panjabi: اولمپس پہاڑ
  • Western Panjabi: کوہ اولمپس
  • Wu Chinese: 奥林波斯山
  • Yue Chinese: 奧林匹斯山

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