Olympus is a popular mountain name, given to several peaks on Earth and one on Mars.
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 | 2919m (9,577feet) | Pindus | Greece | 40.0833°N 22.35°W | |
Mysian Olympus also Bithynian Olympus, Uludağ | 2543m (8,343feet) | Uludağ | Turkey | 40.0706°N 29.2217°W | |
Lycian Olympus also Phoenicus, Tahtalı Dağı | 2366m (7,762feet) | Taurus Mountains | Turkey | 36.5369°N 30.4419°W | |
Mount Olympus (Cyprus) also Chionistra Χιονίστρα | 1952m (6,404feet) | Troodos Mountains | Cyprus | 34.9333°N 84°W | |
Mount Olympus (Ionia) also Nif Dağı | 1510m (4,950feet) | Turkey | 38.3°N 28°W | ||
Mount Olympus (Euboea) | 1172m (3,845feet) | Greece | |||
Olympus (Lesbos) | 968m (3,176feet) | Greece | 39.0725°N 26.3534°W | ||
Laureotic Olympus (Attica) also Attic Olympus | 487m (1,598feet) | Greece | 37.753°N 23.931°W | ||
Name | Elevation | Continent | Range | Country | Coordinates | Detail | |
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-80.2167°N 202°W | A rectangular, flat, ice-covered mountain. | ||||||
Olympus Mons | 27000m (89,000feet) | 18.4°N 226°W | An extinct volcano on Mars and the largest known mountain in the Solar System | ||||
Mount Olympus (Tasmania) | 1472m (4,829feet) | Oceania | Australia | -42.04°N 146.11°W | Located in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania | ||
Mount Olympus-East Peak (Tasmania) | 1449m (4,754feet) | Oceania | Australia | -42.0453°N 146.1181°W | Located in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania |