Mount Ossa (Greece)

Coordinates: 39°47′49″N 22°41′13″E / 39.79694°N 22.68694°E / 39.79694; 22.68694
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Mount Ossa
Ultra
Coordinates39°47′49″N 22°41′13″E / 39.79694°N 22.68694°E / 39.79694; 22.68694[1]
Geography
LocationLarissa regional unit, Greece

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.

Etymology

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

Mythology

In

Mount Pelion on top of Mount Ossa in their attempt to scale Olympus.[3]

See also

  • Ossa Cave
  • List of European ultra prominent peaks

References

  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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