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Mount Ossa (Greece)

January 01, 1970

For the mountain in Tasmania, see Mount Ossa (Tasmania).

Mount Ossa (Greek: Όσσα), alternatively Kissavos (Κίσσαβος), is a mountain in the Larissa regional unit, in Thessaly, Greece. It is 1,978 metres (6,490 ft) high and is located between Pelion to the south and Olympus to the north, separated from the latter by the Vale of Tempe.

Mount Ossa
Highest point
Elevation1,978 m (6,490 ft)[1]
Prominence1,854 m (6,083 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates39°47′49″N 22°41′13″E / 39.79694°N 22.68694°E / 39.79694; 22.68694[1]
Geography
Mount Ossa
Greece
LocationLarissa regional unit, Greece

Etymology edit

The name Kissavos has been connected to Serbian kisha "wet weather, rain."[2]

Mythology edit

In Greek mythology, the Aloadaes are said to have attempted to pile Mount Pelion on top of Mount Ossa in their attempt to scale Olympus.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Europe Ultra-Prominences" Listed as "Oros Ossa (Kissavos)". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1941). Die Slaven in Griechenland (in German). Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 100.
  3. ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca i, 7, 4.

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January 01, 1970
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