Mount Lycabettus

Mount Lycabettus, also known as Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos, is a Cretaceous limestone hill in the capital . At 277 meters above sea level, its summit is the highest point in Central Athens and pine trees cover its base.
  • Peak rising to 248 metres (814 feet)
  • Description: cretaceous limestone hill in Athens, Greece
  • Also known as
    “Lycabettos”
    “Lycabettus”
    “Lycabettus Hill”
    “Lykabettos”
    “Lykavitos”
    “Lykavittos”
    “Mount Lycabettos”
    “Mount Lykabettos”
    “Mount Lykavittos”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chapel of St. George and Agios Georgios.
The is a former temple on the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pefkakia and Neapoli.
, literally "Academy", is a neighborhood in central , .

Mount Lycabettus

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Latitude
37.98187° or 37° 58′ 55″ north
Longitude
23.74324° or 23° 44′ 36″ east
Open location code
8G95XPJV+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Lycabettus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تل ليكابيتوس”
  • Armenian: “Լիկավիտոս”
  • Basque: “Likabitos”
  • Bulgarian: “Лйкабетус”
  • Catalan: “Licabet”
  • Catalan: “Mont Licabet”
  • Cebuano: “Likavittós”
  • Cebuano: “Lykabettus”
  • Chinese: “吕卡维多斯”
  • Chinese: “呂卡維多斯”
  • Czech: “Lykavittos”
  • Dutch: “Likavittós”
  • Dutch: “Lycabettus”
  • Dutch: “Lykavittos”
  • Dutch: “Lykavittós”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تل ليكابيتوس”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Likabeto”
  • Estonian: “Lykavittós”
  • Finnish: “Likavittos”
  • Finnish: “Lycabettus”
  • Finnish: “Lykabettos”
  • Finnish: “Lykavittos”
  • Finnish: “Lykavittós”
  • French: “Lycabette”
  • Georgian: “ლიკაბეტოსი”
  • German: “Likavittós”
  • German: “Lykabettos”
  • German: “Lykabettus”
  • German: “Lykavettos”
  • German: “Lykavittos”
  • German: “Lykavittós”
  • Greek: “Λόφος Λυκαβητού”
  • Greek: “Λυκαβηττός”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת הזאבים”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת ליקאבטוס”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת ליקבטוס”
  • Hebrew: “הר ליקאביטוס”
  • Hebrew: “הר ליקביטוס”
  • Hindi: “लुकाबेत्तोस पर्वत”
  • Hungarian: “Lükabéttosz-hegy”
  • Italian: “Licabetto”
  • Italian: “Monte Licabetto”
  • Japanese: “リカヴィトスの丘”
  • Korean: “리카비토스”
  • Ladin: “Mont Lycabettus”
  • Latin: “Lycabettus mons”
  • Latvian: “Likavita kalns”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lykabettos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lykavittos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lykavittós”
  • Norwegian: “Lykabettos”
  • Persian: “کوه لیکابتوس”
  • Persian: “کوهٔ لیکابتوس”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Licabeto”
  • Russian: “Ликавит”
  • Russian: “Ликавитос”
  • Russian: “Ликавиттос”
  • Serbian: “Ликабет”
  • Slovenian: “Lykabettos”
  • Slovenian: “Lykavittós”
  • Spanish: “Licabeto”
  • Spanish: “Monte Licabeto”
  • Swedish: “Likavittós”
  • Swedish: “Lykabettos”
  • Swedish: “Lykavittos”
  • Tamil: “லைகாபெட்டஸ் மலை”
  • Turkish: “Likavittos”
  • Ukrainian: “Лікабет”
  • Ukrainian: “Лікавіт”
  • Ukrainian: “Лікавітос”
  • Ukrainian: “Пагорб Лікавіт”
  • Urdu: “کوہ لیکابیتوس”
  • Venetian: “Licabetto”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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