Mainalo
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Mainalo (Template:Langx, Template:Langx; Template:Langx[1]) is the tallest mountain in the Menalon highlands of the Peloponnese, and is located in Arcadia.
The mountain's highest point, known as both Profitis Ilias and Ostrakina,[2][3] at a height of Script error: No such module "convert".,[2] is the highest point in Arcadia.[4] The mountain has a length of Script error: No such module "convert". from southwest of Tripoli to northeast of Vytina, and a width of Script error: No such module "convert". from Zygovisti to Kapsas.[4] The mountain is part of a Natura 2000 site, designated in March 2011, covering an area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[5] In the 19th and early 20th century, the mountain was known as Apano Chrepa.[6]
While the mountain takes its name from the ancient Mount Mainalos, and the ancient city of Maenalus which stood at its summit,[1][7] modern scholars now identify the location of the ancient mountain as "Ágios Ilías", a mountain Script error: No such module "convert". further south near the town of Asea. The name was likely mistakenly connected to the mountain now known as Mainalo by earlier European travelers.[8][9] According to ancient Greek mythology, Mount Mainalos got its name from Maenalus, son of Lykaon, king of Arcadia,[10] and in antiquity the mountain was especially sacred to Pan.[1]
Mainalo is home to a ski resort, which is found at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"., with 7 ski slopes and 4 lifts,[11] which are at an altitude between Script error: No such module "convert"..[4]
Geography
Mainalo's ground is primarily made of lime, among various calcareous substrates.[5]
Mainalo has various named peaks. Listed by height, they are, among others;[2][3]
- Ostrakina (Template:Langx) or Profitis Ilias (Template:Langx) at Script error: No such module "convert".
- Pateritsa (Template:Langx) at Script error: No such module "convert".
- Aidini (Template:Langx) at Script error: No such module "convert".
- Mavri Koryfi (Template:Langx) at Script error: No such module "convert".
- Mourtzia (Template:Langx) at Script error: No such module "convert".
- Mesovouni (Template:Langx) at Script error: No such module "convert".
- Krevatia (Template:Langx) at Script error: No such module "convert".
- Epano Chrepa (Template:Langx) at Script error: No such module "convert".
- Lioritsi (Template:Langx) at Script error: No such module "convert".
- Sterna (Template:Langx) at Script error: No such module "convert".
The record low temperature of Script error: No such module "convert". was registered on 17 January 2012 in Mainalo sinkhole.[12]
Ecology
The mountain houses many forests of Greek fir and Crimean pine. Natura 2000 cites these forests as the "[Greek fir and Crimean pine's] best representation in Peloponnisos."[5]
Mainalo has several ecological environments, comprising:[5]
- Mediterranean arborescent matorrals, covering Script error: No such module "convert". of the mountain, this environment consists of Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean sclerophyllous evergreen shrublands grouped under arborescent junipers.[13]:59
- Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse, covering Script error: No such module "convert". of the mountain, this environment consists of a dry mountainous environment. Mediterranean heaths are usually dominated by Genista, while containing various other, often spined, shrubs like Acantholimon, Astragalus, Erinacea, Bupleurum, Ptilotrichum, Echinospartum, and Anthyllis. This environment also includes a variety of Asteraceae and Lamiaceae.[13]:53
- Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation, covering Script error: No such module "convert". of the mountain, this environment consists of limestone cliffs and screes, featuring great ecological diversity, with many endemic plants growing in fissures within rock.[13]:96
Many amphibians, reptiles, mammals, insects, and diurnal predatory birds inhabit Mainalo. These include, among others;[5]
- Reptiles such as the Balkan whip snake, marginated tortoise, Kotschy's gecko, Greek rock lizard, Peloponnese wall lizard, European copper skink, and the horned viper.
- Mammals such as the European hare, beech marten, European badger, lesser noctule bat, edible dormouse, Thomas's pine vole, and the western broad-toothed field mice.
- Amphibians such as the European green toad, European tree frog, and the Syrian spadefoot.
- Birds such as the northern goshawk, Eurasian sparrowhawk, common buzzard, common kestrel, and the peregrine falcon.
- Insects such as the Kretania sephirus butterfly, Persian skipper butterfly, eastern orange tip butterfly and the mountain small white butterfly.
References
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