WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece (the highest peak is 2, 918 m. above sea level), rises on the border of Macedonia and Thessaly, between the provinces of Pieria and Larissa.

Detailed explanation-2: -©Shutterstock. Greece is primarily a mountainous country. The most significant range of mountains in Greece is the Pindus, forming the main mountain-axis of the country, starting from Epirus and naturally extending till Peloponnese and Crete.

Detailed explanation-3: -Olympus Mons is about two and a half times Mount Everest’s height above sea level. It is one of the largest volcanoes, the tallest planetary mountain, and approximately tied with Rheasilvia as the tallest mountain currently discovered in the Solar System.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mount Olympus (Greek: , romanized: Ólympos) is a mountain in the east central part of the island of Euboea, Greece. Its maximum elevation is 1, 172 m. It is not the highest mountain of Euboea, that is 1, 743 m high Dirfi, 16 km to the north.

Detailed explanation-5: -The largest of the volcanoes in the Tharsis Montes region, as well as all known volcanoes in the solar system, is Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is a shield volcano 624 km (374 mi) in diameter (approximately the same size as the state of Arizona), 25 km (16 mi) high, and is rimmed by a 6 km (4 mi) high scarp.