Vikos Gorge

The Vikos Gorge or Vikos Canyon is a gorge in the Pindus Mountains of northwestern . It lies on the southern slopes of Mount Tymphe with a length of about 32 km, depth ranging from 120 to 1350 m, and a width ranging from 2500 m to only a few meters at its narrowest part.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: canyon in Greece
  • Also known as: “Викос тарлауығы”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Katholikon of Moni Agias Paraskevis Monodendriou and Bridge of Misiou.

Church
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is a church.

Photo: Pvou kz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3½ km south of Vikos Gorge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vradeto and Monodendri.

Hamlet
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is a village in the Greek region.

Village
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is a village in the in .

Village
Photo: Pvou kz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the region, it is 43 km north of .

Vikos Gorge

Latitude
39.89985° or 39° 53′ 60″ north
Longitude
20.75631° or 20° 45′ 23″ east
Open location code
8GF2VQX4+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 296929598
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q15061872
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Vikos Gorge” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վիկոս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vikos dərəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Викос”
  • Bulgarian: “Викос”
  • Cebuano: “Farángi Víkou”
  • Croatian: “Vikos”
  • Czech: “Vikos”
  • Danish: “Vikoskløften”
  • Dutch: “Vikoskloof”
  • Finnish: “Víkoksen rotko”
  • French: “gorges de Vikos”
  • French: “Gorges de Vikos”
  • German: “Vikos-Schlucht”
  • Greek: “Φαράγγι Βίκου”
  • Greek: “Φαράγγι του Βίκου”
  • Hebrew: “קניון ויקוס”
  • Hungarian: “Vikosz-szurdok”
  • Japanese: “ヴィコス峡谷”
  • Lithuanian: “Viko tarpeklis”
  • Macedonian: “Вик”
  • Russian: “Викос”
  • Serbian: “Клисура Викос”
  • Slovenian: “Soteska Vikos”
  • Swedish: “Farángi Víkou”
  • Turkish: “Vikos Kanyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Вікос”
  • Western Armenian: “Վիքոս կիրճ”

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