Mountain peak, northeastern Greece. At 9,570 ft (2,917 m), it is the highest mountain in Greece.
It is part of the Olympus range, lying on the border between Macedonia and Thessaly, near the Gulf of Salonika. The summit is snowcapped and often has cloud cover. In ancient Greece, it was regarded as the abode of the gods and the site of the throne of Zeus.
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