List of peaks named Olympus
Olympus is a popular mountain name, given to several peaks on Earth and one on Mars.
Europe
[edit]Mountains called Olympus (Όλυμπος) in Greek antiquity, located on the Greek mainland (notably Mount Olympus in Thessaly) and Mount Olympus (Cyprus), as well as on Aegean and Mediterranean islands, and in Anatolia:
Name | Elevation | Range | Country | Coordinates | Detail |
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Mount Olympus (Thessaly) historically also Mount Belus | 2,919 m or 9,577 ft | Pindus | Greece | 40°05′0″N 22°21′0″E / 40.08333°N 22.35000°E | |
Mysian Olympus also Bithynian Olympus, Uludağ | 2,543 m or 8,343 ft | Uludağ | Turkey | 40°04′14″N 29°13′18″E / 40.07056°N 29.22167°E | |
Lycian Olympus also Phoenicus, Tahtalı Dağı | 2,366 m or 7,762 ft | Taurus Mountains | Turkey | 36°32′13″N 30°26′31″E / 36.53694°N 30.44194°E | |
Mount Olympus (Cyprus) also Chionistra Χιονίστρα | 1,952 m or 6,404 ft | Troodos Mountains | Cyprus | 34°56′N 32°52′E / 34.933°N 32.867°E | |
Mount Olympus (Ionia) also Nif Dağı | 1,510 m or 4,954 ft | Turkey | 38°18′N 27°1′E / 38.300°N 27.017°E | ||
Mount Olympus (Euboea) | 1,172 m or 3,845 ft | Greece | |||
Olympus (Lesbos) | 968 m or 3,176 ft | Greece | 39°04′21″N 26°21′12″E / 39.0725°N 26.3534°E | ||
Laureotic Olympus (Attica) also Attic Olympus | 487 m or 1,598 ft | Greece | 37°45′11″N 23°55′52″E / 37.753°N 23.931°E |
North America
[edit]Name | Elevation | USGS Link | State | County | Country | USGS Map | Coordinates | Detail |
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Mount Olympus | 2,897 m (9,505 ft) | Alberta | Alberta | Canada | 52.48330°N 117.9097°W | Located in Jasper National Park | ||
Mount Olympus | [1] | California | San Diego | United States | Mount Olympus | |||
Mount Olympus | 169 m (553 ft) | [2] | California | San Francisco | United States | Bethel | ||
Mount Olympus | [3] | Colorado | Larimer | United States | Sugar House | |||
Mount Olympus | [4] | Hawaii | Honolulu | United States | Panorama Peak | |||
Mount Olympus | [5] | Kentucky | Bath | United States | Olympia | |||
Mount Olympus | 2,752 m (9,030 ft) | [6] | Utah | Salt Lake | United States | San Francisco North | ||
Mount Olympus | [7] | Vermont | Windsor | United States | Pechanga | |||
Mount Olympus | 2,432 m | [8] | Washington | Jefferson | United States | Honolulu |
Elsewhere
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Name | Elevation | Continent | Range | Country | Coordinates | Detail |
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Mount Olympus (Antarctica) | 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) | Antarctica | Britannia Range | Ross Dependency | 80°13′S 156°46′E / 80.217°S 156.767°E | A rectangular, flat, ice-covered mountain. |
Olympus Mons | 27,000 m or 88,583 ft | 18°24′N 226°00′E / 18.4°N 226°E | An extinct volcano on Mars and the largest known mountain in the Solar System | |||
Mount Olympus (Tasmania) | 1,472 m or 4,829 ft | Oceania | Australia | 42°02′24″S 146°06′36″E / 42.04000°S 146.11000°E | Located in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania | |
Mount Olympus-East Peak (Tasmania) | 1,449 m or 4,754 ft | Oceania | Australia | 42°02′43″S 146°07′05″E / 42.04528°S 146.11806°E | Located in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania |