Aroania (mountain)

Stygos waterfall at Aroania

Aroania (. Αροάνεια Greek (n. pl), also transcribed as Aroaneia; alternative name Chelmos Greek Χελμός ( f sg ) ) is a mountain massif in the north of the Peloponnese in the east of Achaia in Greece landscape with a maximum height of 2341 m. The name derives from the Slavic word Chelmos Chelm хълм for, Mountain ' from.

The mountain massif Aroania extends over 15 to 20 km from north to south and about 5 to 10 km from west to east. On the eastern flank of the town Aroania Kalavryta located on the border of Achaia to the Peloponnese region and the Regional District of Corinthia. There is also the ski resort of Kalavryta At the same edge in the northern part of the massif. The Aroania is the third highest mountain in the Peloponnese and one of the twenty highest mountains in Greece. The second highest mountain in the Peloponnese, Kyllini lies to the east of Aroania. The 200 -meter-high waterfall plunges Styx the southeast rock face of Neraidorachi ( 2,238 meters) down. From the Aroania massif rises the river Vouraikos and flows to the northwest into the Gulf of Corinth. The Aroania has several caves and peaks. As a side peaks are Ostrakia (1860 m, in the northwest of the massif ) known and microphones Chelmos.

Between 800 and 1800 m altitude the Aroania is covered on its western, southern and eastern pine forests. On the northern slope of the mountain range, there are also forests. From a height of 1500 m increasingly dominate grasslands and screes. 2001 destroyed a forest fire larger forest areas of Aroania.

In ancient times, the mountain was named Aroania and belonged to the ancient landscape of Arcadia. In the Middle Ages and during the Ottoman occupation of the Peloponnese, the term Chelmos was common. Only in the 20th century, the term Aroania prevailed again.

On the Aroania plants were built for radio and television broadcasting. The community Aroania which is located southwest of the county seat Psofida was named after the mountain range. Also in Aroania is an observatory with a 2.3 meter reflecting telescope durchmessendendem; this is part of the National Observatory of Athens.

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