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Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece. Olympus is located between Macedonia and Thessaly just in the border limits of the prefectures of Pieria and Larissa. Mytikas is the highest peak of Mount Olympus at an altitude of 2,918 meters. The total area of Olympus is approximately 500 square kilometers. The area is circular with an average diameter of 25 kilometers and a circumference of 80 km. A large part of Olympus has been declared a National Park in 1938, an area of 238,411 hectares with a main core of 40,000 acres. |