Mount Olympus
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Summary
Mount Olympus is a mountain[1]. It ranks in the top 0.083% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,294 views/month, #11 of 13,313).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pieria Prefecture[3], Central Macedonia Region[4], Elassona Municipality[5]
- Country: Greece[6]
- Instance of: national park[7], biosphere reserve[8], Natura 2000 site[9]
- Named after: ranelitto[10]
- Commons category: Mount Olympus[11]
- Inception: January 1, 1938[12]
- Highest point: Mytikas[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mount Olympus[14]
- Commons gallery: Mount Olympus[15]
- Described at URL: https://filotis.itia.ntua.gr/biotopes/c/GR1250001/[16], http://natura2000.eea.europa.eu/Natura2000/SDF.aspx?site=GR1250001[17]
- Visitors per year: 10,000[18]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[21], The New Student's Reference Work[22], Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[23]
- Heritage designation: Special Area of Conservation[24], Special Protection Area[25]
- Native label: Όλυμπος[26]
- Different from: Mount Olympus[27], Olympus Mons[28], Mont Olympe[29], Mont-Olympe Charleville-Mézières[30], Olympus (Euboea)[31], Olympus[32]
- Elevation above sea level: 2917.727 m[33]
- Area: 19139.59 ha[34]
- Height: 2917.727 m[35]
- UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america/greece/mount-olympus/[36]
- Topographic isolation: 254 km[37]
- Topographic prominence: 2355 m[38]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[39]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Mount Olympus[40]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Mount Olympus include Olympus Mons[41], a shield volcano[42], founded in -3830000000[43]; Olympus Corporation[44], a business[45], in Japan[46], founded in 1919[47], headquartered in Shinjuku[48]; it[49], a mountain[50], in United States[51]; Fuerte Olimpo[52], a municipality of Paraguay[53], in Paraguay[54], founded in 1792[55]; Dion-Olympos Municipality[56], a municipality of Greece[57], in Greece[58], founded in 2011[59], headquartered in Litochoro[60]; Olympus Range[61], a mountain range[62]; and Olympos Municipal Unit[63], a municipal unit of Greece[64], in Greece[65].
Why It Matters
Mount Olympus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]
Entities named for it include Olympus Mons[41], a shield volcano[42], founded in -3830000000[43]; Olympus Corporation[44], a business[45], in Japan[46], founded in 1919[47], headquartered in Shinjuku[48]; it[49], a mountain[50], in United States[51]; Fuerte Olimpo[52], a municipality of Paraguay[53], in Paraguay[54], founded in 1792[55]; Dion-Olympos Municipality[56], a municipality of Greece[57], in Greece[58], founded in 2011[59], headquartered in Litochoro[60]; and Olympus Range[61], a mountain range[62].