Mount Athos

Mount Athos is a mountain and a peninsula in , northern and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,879 metres
  • Description: mountain in northeastern Greece
  • Also known as: “Aftónomos Periochí Agíou Órous”, “Aghion Oros”, “Agio Oros”, “Ágio Óros”, “Agion Oros”, “Ágion Óros”, “Ágion Óros (halvö i Grekland)”, “Ágion Óros (lawis sa Gresya)”, “Agios Oros”, “Akte”, “Athon”, “Athonite”, “Athos”, “Áthos (vuori)”, “Athos Dağı”, “Athos Fjallið”, “Athos Mountain”, “Athos-vuori”, “Athosberget”, “Athose mägi”, “Áthose mägi”, “Athosfjellet”, “Athoshalvön”, “Athosvuori”, “Aton”, “Atonitas”, “Atono kalnas”, “Atoso”, “Autonomiczna Republika Góry Athos”, “Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain”, “Avtonómos Periokhí Ayíou Órous”, “Ayion Oros”, “Áyion Óros”, “Aynaroz”, “Aynoroz Dağı Özerk Cumhuriyeti”, “Aтонски полуостров”, “Berg Atos”, “Brdo Athos”, “Brdo Atos”, “Dhioíkisis Ayíou Órous”, “Fjallið Athos”, “Góra Athos”, “Gora Aton”, “Gora Atos”, “Haghion Oros”, “Hagion Oros”, “Heilige Berg”, “Holy Athonite Republic”, “Holy Mountain”, “Hora Athos”, “Mga monasterya han Bukid Athos”, “Monasterios del Monte Athos”, “Mont Atos”, “Monte athos”, “Monto Athos”, “Mount Athos Monasteries”, “Mounth Athos”, “Muntanja Athos”, “Muntele Atos”, “Muntelui Athos”, “Planina Athos”, “Planina Atos”, “República de Monte Atos”, “Sainte Montagne”, “Sfantul Munte”, “Sfântul Munte”, “Sfântul Munte Athos”, “Sv. Gora”, “Sveta Gora (Atos)”, “Άγιον Όρος”, “Аγιоν Оρоς”, “Агион-Орос”, “Айон-Орос”, “Атонска гора”, “Афонская гора”, “Гора Афон”, “Полуострво Атос”, “Св. Гора”, “Света гора (планина)”, “Света гора Атонска”, “Святая Гора”, “Святая Гора Афон”, “Святой Афон”, “ათონი”, “ათონის მთა”, “אתוס”, “كوه آثوس”, “کوهٔ آثوس”, “کوه اثوس”, “เมานต์อะทอส”, “アソス山”, “アトス岬”, “亞陀斯半島”, “阿索斯山自治修道院州”, and “阿苏斯神权共和国”
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Agia Triada and Skiti Agia Anna.

Church
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Kafsokalyvia is a settlement and idiorrhythmic skete located on Mount Athos.

Church
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The Skete of St Anne is a dependent idiorrhythmic…

Church
The Hermitage of Agios Vasileios, also sometimes referred to as the Skete of St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agiou Pavlou monastery and Great Lavra.

Locality
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is an Eastern Orthodox…

Locality
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The Monastery of is the first monastery…

Locality
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is an Eastern Orthodox monastery…

Mount Athos

Latitude
40.1584° or 40° 9′ 30″ north
Longitude
24.3273° or 24° 19′ 38″ east
Population
2,260
Elevation
1,879 metres (6,165 feet)
Open location code
8GG6585G+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26862510
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
736572
Wiki­data ID
Q130321
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mount Athos” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Athos”
  • Afrikaans: “Berg Athos”
  • Albanian: “Mali Athos”
  • Albanian: “Mali i Shenjtë”
  • Amharic: “ተራራ አቶስ”
  • Arabic: “جبل آثوس”
  • Armenian: “Աթոս”
  • Armenian: “Աֆոն”
  • Arpitan: “Rèpublica monastica du Mont Atos”
  • Asturian: “Monte Athos”
  • Azerbaijani: “Afon Dağı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Afon”
  • Basque: “Athos mendia”
  • Basque: “Atos mendia”
  • Belarusian: “Атон”
  • Belarusian: “Афон”
  • Bengali: “মাউন্ট অ্যাথোস”
  • Bosnian: “Sveta gora”
  • Bosnian: “Sveta Gora”
  • Breton: “Menez Athos”
  • Bulgarian: “Света гора”
  • Catalan: “Atos”
  • Catalan: “Mont Athos”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Athos”
  • Central Bikol: “Bukid Athos”
  • Chinese: “阿索斯山”
  • Croatian: “Sveta Gora”
  • Czech: “Athos”
  • Danish: “Athos”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Aynoroz”
  • Dutch: “Athos”
  • Dutch: “Oros Athos”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اثوس”
  • Esperanto: “Athos”
  • Estonian: “Áthos”
  • Faroese: “Athos”
  • Finnish: “Athos”
  • Finnish: “Áthos”
  • French: “Athos”
  • French: “mont Athos”
  • French: “Mont Athos”
  • French: “République monastique du Mont Athos”
  • Galician: “Monte Athos”
  • Georgian: “აიონ-ოროსი”
  • German: “Athos”
  • Greek: “Άγιο Όρος”
  • Greek: “Άθως”
  • Greek: “Αυτόνομη Μοναστική Πολιτεία Αγίου Όρους”
  • Greek: “Όρος Άθως”
  • Hausa: “Dutsen Athos”
  • Hebrew: “הר אתוס”
  • Hindi: “अथोस पर्वत”
  • Hindi: “आथॊस पर्वत”
  • Hungarian: “Athosz-hegy”
  • Icelandic: “Aþos”
  • Ido: “Athos”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Athos”
  • Irish: “Sliabh Athos”
  • Italian: “monte Athos”
  • Italian: “Monte Athos”
  • Japanese: “アトス山”
  • Javanese: “Gunung Athos”
  • Javanese: “Mount Athos”
  • Kazakh: “Афон тауы”
  • Kazakh: “Афон Тауы”
  • Kazakh: “Афон”
  • Kirghiz: “Афон Чокусу”
  • Kirghiz: “Афон”
  • Korean: “아토스 산”
  • Korean: “아토스산”
  • Kurdish: “Çiyayê Athosê”
  • Ladin: “Mont Athos”
  • Latin: “Athos”
  • Latvian: “Ajonora”
  • Lithuanian: “Atonas”
  • Lombard: “Mont Athos”
  • Macedonian: “Света Гора”
  • Malay: “Gunung Athos”
  • Malayalam: “മൗണ്ട് ആഥോസ്”
  • Maltese: “Athos”
  • Mingrelian: “აიონ-ოროსი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Athos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Athos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Áthos”
  • Norwegian: “Athos”
  • Norwegian: “Áthos”
  • Oromo: “Gaaraa Athos”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਾਊਂਟ ਅਥੋਸ”
  • Persian: “کوه آتوس”
  • Persian: “کوه آثوس”
  • Polish: “Athos”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Athos”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Atos”
  • Pushto: “د اتوس غره”
  • Romanian: “Muntele Athos”
  • Romanian: “Vârful Athon (2033 m.)”
  • Russian: “Афон”
  • Russian: “гора Афон”
  • Rusyn: “Афон”
  • Sakizaya: “A-suo-se-san”
  • Scots: “Mount Athos”
  • Serbian: “Sveta gora”
  • Serbian: “Атос”
  • Serbian: “Света гора”
  • Serbian: “Света Гора”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sveta Gora”
  • Slovak: “Athos”
  • Slovenian: “Atos”
  • Somali: “Buurta Athos”
  • Spanish: “Monte Athos”
  • Swahili: “Mlima Athos”
  • Swedish: “Athos”
  • Tajik: “Қуллаи Афон”
  • Tamil: “அதோஸ் மலை”
  • Tatar: “Афон тавы”
  • Tatar: “Афон Тауы”
  • Telugu: “మౌంట్ అథోస్”
  • Thai: “เขาแอทอส”
  • Turkish: “Aynoroz”
  • Ukrainian: “Афон”
  • Ukrainian: “гора Афон”
  • Urdu: “کوہ آتھوس”
  • Uzbek: “Afon Tog’i”
  • Venetian: “Mónte Athos”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Athos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Athos”
  • Welsh: “Mynydd Athos”
  • Western Armenian: “Աթոս լեռ”
  • Western Frisian: “Atos”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿索斯山”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿索斯山”

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