Mount Pateras

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Pateras
Pateras
Location of Mount Pateras in Greece
Elevation 1,131 m (3,711 ft)[1]
Location
Location Attica, Greece
Coordinates 38°06′32″N 23°20′06″E / 38.109°N 23.335°E / 38.109; 23.335Coordinates: 38°06′32″N 23°20′06″E / 38.109°N 23.335°E / 38.109; 23.335

Pateras (Πατέρας) is a mountain of Attica with an elevation of 1,131 meters. Its highest peak is named Leontari, the second highest is 1,107 m and its third is 1,091 m, its location is roughly 10–15 km north of Megara.[1] It occupies the major part of West Attica, in the district between Megara and Elefsina and separates the Thriasian and the Megarian Plains.[2] It is extension of Parnitha in the west and Kithairon in the south, others include Mount Makros. It is covered with woods of pines and Mediterranean maquis. In the tops of the mountain, that belong to CORINE biotope, there are firs, of genre Abies cephalonica.[3] Much of the topography are rocky and its soil colour is red.

Neighboring places includes Agios Panteleimonas Elefsinon in the east, Platon, north of Kato Vlichada, Veniza, Ano Alepochori in the south and Psatha and Aigosthenes (Aegosthenae) in the west. In the ancient times, the easternmost part in the vicinity of Trikeri near Loutropyrgos was the boundary with Athens.[4] Several monasteries are founded mostly in the south including Panachrantos, Agia Varvara (Saint Barbara), Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) and some others.

Its recent pipeline connecting Athens and the Peloponnese crosses the mid southern part and can be seen in Megara and along the A1 motorway (E94).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oreivatein.com
  2. ↑ "Mount Pateras". athensattica.gr. Retrieved 7 September 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Mount Pateras". filotis.itia.ntua.gr. Retrieved 7 September 2013. 
  4. ↑ Pausanias Travels, Vol. I, Atticana, p. 487
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