Mount Othrys (Greek: Όρος Όθρυς, Oros-, other transliteration: Othris) is a mountain in Central Greece in the northeastern part of Fthiotis and southern part of Magnesia. The mountaintop is at the prefectural and the regional border at 1,728 m. Much of the area are unpopulated in the northern part and the southwestern part. Anavra is the exception making it one of the few communities in southwestern Magnesia. The length from west to east is about 15 to 20 km and the width from north to south is about 10 to 15 km. It is located NE of Lamia, SE of Domokos and SSW of the Volos area. Much of the mountains are rocky. Forests are also in the mountain range and surround the mountain. The main source of rocks are the ophiolite. The local name is Mount Goura. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... Category: ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Fthiotis, or Fthiotida (Greek, Modern: Φθιώτιδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: Φθιώτις) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Magnesia (Greek: Μαγνησία Magnisia; see also List of traditional Greek place names), deriving from the Macedonian tribe name Magnetes, is the name of the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece. ... Distance is a numerical description of how far apart things lie. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... Central Greece (Greek: Στερεά Ελλάδα - Stereá Elláda) is one of the thirteen peripheries of Greece. ... Fthiotis, or Fthiotida (Greek, Modern: Φθιώτιδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: Φθιώτις) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Magnesia (Greek: Μαγνησία Magnisia; see also List of traditional Greek place names), deriving from the Macedonian tribe name Magnetes, is the name of the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece. ... Lamia (Greek: Λαμία) is a city in central Greece (population 75,000). ... Domokos (Δομοκός) is a municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. ... Volos (Greek: Βόλος) is a city situated at the center of the Greek mainland, about 326 km north from Athens and 215 km south from Thessaloniki. ... Ophiolites are sections of oceanic lithosphere that have been uplifted or emplaced to be exposed within continental crustal rocks. ...

The panorama includes the southwestern part of Magnesia and parts of the southeastern part of Magnesia along with the southern part of the prefecture of Larissa, northeastern, central, northwestern and most of Fthiotis and the northwestern part of the island of Euboea. Euboea or Negropont (Modern Greek: Εύβοια Evia, Ancient Greek Εúβοια Eúboia; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is the largest island of the Greek archipelago. ...

The roads surround the southern part of the mountain range. The central and the northern part of the mountain does not have much roads. The entire area is also a parkland. The mountain has a few mountaintops. The mountain also includes valleys and streams. The area lower than 1,000 m has forests and much of the area are forested.

The municipal boundary of Stylida and several municipalities and a communal bountary with Anavra are in the mountain range. Stylida (Στυλίδα) is a municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. ...

Works about the mountain include the Geochemistry of the Othrys Ophiolite: Evidence for Refertilization

Nearest places

• Neraida, southwest
• Neochori, west
• Anavra, northwest
• Agia Triada, northeast
• Agis Ioannis, east
• Raches Stylidas, south
• Palaiokerasia, south

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History

On February 15, 1991, a warplane Lockheed C-130H Hercules 748 crashed into the mountain. 63 were reported killed. February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mythology

In Greek mythology Mount Othrys was the base of the Titans during the ten year war with the Olympian Gods known as the Titanomachy. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. ... In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy, or War of the Titans (Greek: Τιτανομαχία), was the eleven-year series of battles fought between the two races of deities long before the existence of mankind: the Titans, fighting from Mount Othrys, and the Olympians, who would come to reign on Mount Olympus. ...

Other

• The ship Mount Othrys is named after this mountain range.

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External links

• http://www.mindat.org/loc-9703.html
• http://www.mindat.org/loc-18682.html
• http://www.othrys.tv2.gr/
• Structural Pertology of Plagioclase Peridotites in the West Othris
• http://www.geo.uu.nl/Research/Petrology/pub_Barth_B2003.htm - Othrys ophiolite
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makrakomi
• In Greek:
  • http://www.mylona.gr/othris.htm
  • http://2tee-almyr.mag.sch.gr/town/Almyros/othrys.html