Vardousia (mountain)
| Vardousia, Korakas (Βαρδούσια, Κόρακας) | ||
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 Vardousia, Korakas mountain peak. View from the west |
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| height | 2495 m | |
| location | Greece : Central Greece Region , Fokida Regional Unit | |
| Mountains | Southern Pindos Mountains, Vardousia | |
| Coordinates | 38 ° 40 '52 " N , 22 ° 8' 33" E | |
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Vardousia ( Greek Βαρδούσια ; ancient Greek Κόραξ Korax ) is a mountain range in the Fokida regional district of Central Greece . The mountain massif with its highest peak, the Korakas ( Greek Κόρακας ) is the seventh highest mountain in Greece. The Vardousia massif is a south-eastern continuation of the southern Pindos Mountains.
The Vardousia massif is considered in three geographical parts: the northern Vardousia massif with its highest peak Siniani (height 2059 m ), the western, very steep Vardousia massif with its highest peak Soufles (height 2260 m ) and the one further north Alogorachi summit (altitude 2270 m ) and the southern Vardousia massif. In the latter there is also the highest peak of the entire Vardousia massif, the Korakas with a height of 2495 m . The southern massif is aligned in a north-south direction with a chain of peaks and ends with its foothills in the Lidoriki plateau , which is flooded by the Mornos reservoir . It is also the largest of the three sub-massifs. There are other high peaks (from north to south) such as Pyramida ( 2383 m ), Kokkinias ( 2403 m ), Ornio ( 2287 m ), Trapezaki ( 1685 m ) and Profitis Ilias ( 1100 m ) in the immediate vicinity of the Mornos Reservoir.
The entire Vardousia massif has a maximum north-south extension of 28 to 30 km and a maximum west-east extension of 15 to 16 km. To the east and east-southeast, separated by the upper reaches of the Mornos River, there is the Giona massif. To the west of the Vardousia massif are the mountains Kokkinias, Tsakalaki and Ardinis, further west the mountain range of Panetoliko (all in Aetolia-Acarnania ), north-north-east the Oita mountains (partly in Fthiotida ), north-west the mountain Oxia in the prefecture of Evrytania . To the southwest are the Ori Lidorikis (already south and east of the Mornos reservoir) and the Ori Tolofonas (south and west of the Mornos reservoir)