Mount Geraneia or Gerania (Greek: Γεράνεια), rarely Yerania is a mountain range that spans about 5 km from north to south (about 5 km N of Agioi Theodoroi to the Gulf of Corinth) and from east to west from 15 to 20 km. (from NE of Loutraki to SW of Aigosthena. The road runs to the west and the north. The mountains include some mountains in the northwestern part and the central part. The panorama of the eastern half of the Gulf of Corinth and parts of southern Viotia is to the north, Megara and the plain along with the western half of Attica can be seen along with the Salamis Island The Saronic Gulf along with much of the islands can be seen during clearer days and the northern and the eastern part of Corinth can also be seen. There is a communications tower which is located somewhere. It is located about 20 km SW of Aigosthenes, about 30 km NW of Megara, 10 km E of Loutraki, about 20 km NE of Corinth and about 15 km NE of GR-8A/E94/E65 northbound or southbound. The name of the mountain dates back to ancient times. There are some roads in the mountain area and which are not paved and accessible. The name of the mountaintop is Makryplagi elevating at 1,351 m in the elevating at 1,860 m is in the east-central part in Attica NW of Megara. The mountain also has birds. Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... Latitude, denoted φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Map of Earth showing curved lines of longitude Longitude, sometimes denoted λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... This article is about Attica in Greece. ... personal space, proxemics. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... There are communities that have the name Agioi Theodoroi, other forms, Agii Theodori (Greek: Άγιοι Θεοδώροι for Saint Theodore) in Greece): Agioi Theodoroi (Άγιοι Θεοδώροι) sometimes Aghioi Theodoroi, Ayioi Theodoroi or Agii Theodorii or Ayii Theodorii is an Athens suburb located around 12 km east of Corinth. ... The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. ... Loutraki is a coastal town located 4 km NE of Corinth in the Prefecture of Corinth, Greece. ... Viotia (Greek: Βοιωτία), also Voiotia is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Megara (Greek: Μέγαρα) is an ancient city in Attica, Greece, on the Saronic Gulf opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens. ... The Greek island of Salamis (Greek, Modern: Σαλάμινα Salamina, Ancient/Katharevousa: ) is the largest island in the Saronic Gulf, about 1 nautical mile off-coast from Piraeus. ... The Saronic Gulf or Gulf of Aegina in Greece forms part of the Aegean Sea and defines the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Megara (Greek: Μέγαρα) is an ancient city in Attica, Greece, on the Saronic Gulf opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens. ... Loutraki is a coastal town located 4 km NE of Corinth in the Prefecture of Corinth, Greece. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Greece Interstate 8A, sometimes Greece Interstate 8 is a toll freeway running from Kifissou some from Skaramangas, outside athend to northeast of Patras, that once had two-lanes running for 70% of the freeway 45 km, now its 45%, 105 km, Patras-Rhion, Longos-Selimantika interchange, Aegion, Platanos to Akrata...

Nearest places

• Aigosthenes, NE
• Megara and the plain, W, NW
• Kakia Skala, NW
• Loutraki, NW

The geography of Geraneia includes forests in the south, the west and the northern part at an elevation of under 900 to 1,000 m. Barren land is in the central part. The grasslands and some bushes lies to the northwest. Farmlands and some barren land lies to the south. There are some mountaintops outside the range, a pine one in the southwest and a forested one in the south and a barren one with some bushes which is called Kakia Skala to the southeast.

During the Peloponnesian War, the Corinthians and their allies occupied the heights of Geraneia and marched to the Megarid with a large force. Map of the Greek world at the start of the Peloponnesian War Temple of Apollo at Corinth The Peloponnesian War began in 431 BC between the Athenian Empire and the Peloponnesian League which included Sparta and Corinth. ...

The municipal boundaries lies in the eastern part of the range with Aigosthenes and Megara to the east and Agioi Theodoroi and Kineta further south.

External links

• Geraneia Mountains (http://www.ornithologiki.gr/gr/oiwnos/i13/grnew15.htm)
• Birds in the Geraneia Mountains (http://www.ornithologiki.gr/gr/oiwnos/i13/grnew15.htm)

See also

• Gerania (Kefallonia), Greece
• Gerania (Larissa), Greece
• Gerania (Lesvos), Greece
• Casa Gerania