Mount Agathias ( el, Αγκαθιάς), at 2,424 m, is one of the highest mountains on

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

Features

Located in the Rethymno regional unit, the Agathias stands close to the

Psiloritis Mount Ida ( el, Ἴδα), known variously as Idha, Ídhi, Idi, and Ita (the massif including the mountain is called Psiloritis, el, Ψηλορείτης), is the highest mountain on the island of Crete, with an elevation of . It has the highest ...

, the highest summit of Mount Ida massif and of the whole island. It belongs to the

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between the southern part of Crete, tributary of the

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, and the northern one, facing the

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. A saddle at 2321 m West of mount Agathias connects it with the Psiloritis, while eastwards the ridge continues with Mount Voloumenou. A natural park, member of UNESCO's

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, includes the Agathias and the Mt. Ida massif as a whole.

Access to the summit

The summit of Mount Agathias can be reached following a track on a rocky terrain branching from the

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References

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