Omplos ( el, Ομπλός) is a mountain in
Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...
,
Greece
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. It rises steeply from the coastal plains around
Patras
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to 926 m elevation. It is separated from the higher mountain
Panachaikos
The Panachaiko ( el, Παναχαϊκό, "Panachaean"), also known as Vodias (Βοδιάς) mainly at the Middle Ages, is a mountain range in Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece. It spans about 20 km in length from north to south, and 15–20 ...
by the valley of the river
Glafkos. The summit is 2 km west of the village
Petroto, 4 km east of
Kallithea
Kallithea (Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a district of Athens and a municipality in south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth largest municipality in Greece (96,118 inhabitants, 2021 census) and the fourth biggest i ...
, 4 km southeast of
Saravali
Saravali ( el, Σαράβαλι) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Messatida, Achaea, Greece. The community is located at the southeastern edge of the agglomeration of Patras. The community consists of the villages Saravali, ...
and 10 km southeast of Patras city centre.
The Omplos Monastery is situated on the mountain, at about 740 m elevation.
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Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like 'po ...
is commonly practiced on the mountain since the 1990s, and championships have been held.
References
External links
weather station of OmplosOmplos Monastery
*{{Commonscat-inline, Omblos or small Panachaikos
Landforms of Achaea
Geography of Patras
Mountains of Western Greece
Messatida