- Voio
Infobox mountain
Name=Voio
Βόιο
Elevation=1,802 m
Location=western Kastoria and Kozani prefectures,Greece
Pronunciation=Voi•oVoio (Greek: Βόιο,
Ancient Greek : Boion or "Boeon", South Slavic: "Горуша", "Gorusha" or "Войнова планина", "Voynova planina") is amountain range in the southwestern Kastoria and western Kozani prefecture inGreece . The mountain is part of thePindus mountain ranges. Its peaks stand over 1,802 m and is located in the south-central part.The GR-20 (GR-20 (
Kozani -Konitsa -Ioannina ) is to the south, 15 km from the mountaintop. A river flows to the south; its length is approximately 25 to 30 km from north to south and its width is approximately 15 to 20 km from east to west.The first home of
Boeotians was in mountain Boion; the mountain gave them their name. [Bury, p. 54.]Nearest places
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Nestorio , north
*Logka, northeast
*Polykastro, east
*Avgerinos, east-southeast
*Pentalofo, southeast
*Eptachori , south
*Kotyli or Kotili, westInformation
Forests dominate the low lying areas of the mountain and contains
pine andspruce trees, the valley areas, grasslands, bushes and non-vegetated portions dominate the higher elevations. The area around the mountain contains villages and forest roads as well as hiking trails, some roads do not connect both sides of the mountain range. Two roads surround the mountains. The mountaintop is to the southeast.Panorama
Its panorama includes the
Gramos mountains, the northern part can see the northern and the central Kastoria prefecture, western and centralKozani Prefecture and the northwestern and westernGrevena Prefecture .ee also
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List of mountains in Greece References
ources
*Bury, John Bagnell. "A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great" (Volume 1). ISBN 0543970698
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