| Gramos or Grammos Γράμος |
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| Elevation | 2,520 m |
| Location | Central Ioannina Prefecture, Greece |
| Pronunciation | [Gram•os] |
Gramos or Grammos (Greek: Γράμος) is a mountain range in the northeastern Ioannina and the westernmost Kastoria prefecture in Greece as well as southeastern Albania. In topography a summit is a point on a surface which is higher in Elevation than all points immediately adjacent to Ioannina (Ιωάννινα is a prefecture of Greece, part of the north-western periphery of Epirus. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak Ioannina (Ιωάννινα is a prefecture of Greece, part of the north-western periphery of Epirus. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 3 super-prefectures and 54 prefectures or nomes Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. The mountain is part of the Pindus mountain ranges and is one of the northermost. This article is about the mountain range called Pindus for other uses of these names see Pindus (disambiguation The Pindus (Πίνδος Its peaks stand over 2,520 m. It owes its name to the community of Gramos in the westernmost Kastoria Prefecture. For the mountain in the same country but in the same prefecture as well as the Ioannina Prefecture, see Gramos Gramos (Γράμος is a community
The GR-20 (GR-20 (Kozani - Konitsa - Ioannina) is to the southeast. Greek National Road 20 (short or common GR-20 and Ioannina - Kozani Road) or the Diagoniki Odos? is a highway or route that links the city of Greek National Road 20 (short or common GR-20 and Ioannina - Kozani Road) or the Diagoniki Odos? is a highway or route that links the city of Kozani (Κοζάνη is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia Periphery. Konitsa (Greek Κόνιτσα or (Aromanian Conita is a town in Epirus, Greece, near the Albanian border Ioannina (Ιωάννινα, often el Γιάννενα or el Γιάννινα / is a city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a metropolitan population of Its length is approximately 25 to 30 km from northwest to southeast and its width is approximately 15 to 20 km from southwest ot northeast.
Mount Grammos was a communist stronghold during the Greek Civil War and site of the relevant battle in 1949. The Greek Civil War (ο Eμφύλιος, "the Civil War" fought from 1946 to 1949 by the Governmental forces receiving logistical support by the United Kingdom
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Nearest places
- Gramos, north
- Katyli or Katili, east
- Vourbiani, south
Information
Forests dominate the low lying areas of the mountain and contains pine and spruce trees, the valley areas, grasslands, bushes and unvegetated portions dominate the higher elevations. For the mountain in the same country but in the same prefecture as well as the Ioannina Prefecture, see Gramos Gramos (Γράμος is a community This article is about the tree For other uses of the term "pine" see Pine (disambiguation. Spruce refers to Trees of the genus Picea, a genus of about 35 species of Coniferous Evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae The area around the mountain contains villages and forest roads as well as hiking trails, many of the roads do not connect both sides of the mountain range. Two roads surround the mountains. The mountaintop is to the southeast.
The mountain was a major communist stronghold in the Greek Civil War. The Greek Civil War (ο Eμφύλιος, "the Civil War" fought from 1946 to 1949 by the Governmental forces receiving logistical support by the United Kingdom The provisional democratic government (i. e. the communist government) had its headquarters in the vicinity. It fell to the national government only in 1949, bringing the near conclusion of the Greek Civil war since after its fall only isolated pockets were left in communist control. The mountain still has live minefields from the civil war despite decades of demining and access to parts of the mountain is perilous. A land mine is an Explosive device designed to be placed on or in the ground to explode when triggered by an operator or the Proximity of a vehicle person
Panorama
Its panorama includes the mountains of southeatern Albania, the mountains in the Kastoria prefecture as well as most of the valley and its lake, the Voio mountains and the northeastern Ioanina prefecture as well as Smolikas and parts of Tymfi. Voio ( Greek: Βόιο Ancient Greek: Boion or Boeon, South Slavic: Горуша, Gorusha or Войнова Mount Smolikas (Greek Σμόλικας Aromanian: Smolcu) also with the o accented, at a height of 2637 metres above sea level is the second highest mountain Tymfi or Timfi, also Tymphi is also a Mountain range in the north part of the prefecture of Ioannina.
See also
External links
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