- Smolikas
Infobox Mountain
Name=Smolikas
Σμόλικας
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Elevation=convert|2637|m|ft|0
Range=Pindus Mountains
Location=Northwest centralGreece
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Pronunciation=Mount Smolikas (Greek: Σμόλικας, Aromanian: "Smolcu"), also with the o accented , at a height of 2,637 metres above sea level, is the second highest mountain in
Greece , afterMount Olympus , and the highest of thePindus Mountains . The mountain is formed inophiolite rocks. During the Pleistocene the northern and eastern cirques and valleys were glaciated on several occasions. The lastglacier s of this area retreated around 11,500 years ago (Hughes et al. 2006).The GR-20 (
Kozani -Siatista -Ioannina ) is to the west. Its length is approximately 15 to 20 km from east to west and its width is approximately 10 km from north to south. TheAoos river flows to the southwest.Nearest mountain ranges
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Lygkos , southeast
*Tymfi , south
*Grammos , northwestNearest places
*Agia Paraskevi, north
*Elefthero, southInformation
Forests dominate the low lying areas of the mountain and contains
pine andspruce trees, the valley areas, grasslands, bushes and unvegetated portions dominate the higher elevations. The area around the mountain contains villages and forest roads as well as hiking trails. Two roads surround the mountains.Panorama
Its panorama includes the
Voio mountains to the northeast, the mountains of the northeastern Pindus to the northeast,Lygkos to the southwest,Tymfi to the south, the valley to the southwest andGrammos to the northwest.External links
* [http://www.greekmountainflora.info/Smolikas/Smolikas.html Greek Mountain Flora]
References
*Hughes, P.D., Woodward, J.C., Gibbard, P.L. (2006) The last glaciers of Greece. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, vol. 50, p. 37-61.
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