Mount Athos
mountain in northeastern Greece
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Summary
Mount Athos is a mountain[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of mountain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,352 views/month, #14 of 13,313).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: monastic community of Mount Athos[3]
- Country: Greece[4]
- Instance of: men only space[5]
- Named after: Athos[6]
- Commons category: Mount Athos[7]
- Coordinate location: 40.15833333333333, 24.327222222222222[8]
- Located in/on physical feature: Athos peninsula[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mount Athos[10]
- Commons gallery: Άγιο Όρος[11]
- Described at URL: https://www.greeka.com/macedonia/halkidiki/sightseeing/halkidiki-mount-athos[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Pauly–Wissowa[14], Encyclopedic Lexicon[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[21], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[22], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[23], The New Student's Reference Work[24]
- Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[25]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Mount Athos[26]
- Native label: Όρος Άθως[27]
- Category for people buried here: Q123226238[28]
- Different from: Athos peninsula[29], monastic community of Mount Athos[30], Mount Athos[31]
- Elevation above sea level: 2033[32]
- Area: 33,042[33]
- World Heritage criteria: (i)[34], (ii)[35], (iv)[36], (v)[37], (vi)[38], (vii)[39]
- Topographic prominence: 2012[40]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[41]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Mount Athos[42]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Mount Athos include monastic community of it[43], a religious community[44], in Greece[45] and Athos peninsula[46], a peninsula[47], in Greece[48].
Why It Matters
Mount Athos has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]
Entities named for it include monastic community of it[43], a religious community[44], in Greece[45] and Athos peninsula[46], a peninsula[47], in Greece[48].